The states retain broad power to make law， including criminal law， over matters not delegated by the U.S. Constitution to the federal government or specifically denied to the states. In fact， the states have primary responsibility for defining and enforcing criminal law. The vast majority of all criminal prosecutions take place in state courts under state criminal codes. Each state， within its own territory， has so-called police powers to make and enforce such laws as it deems necessary or appropriate for promoting the public health， safety， morals， or welfare.
prosecution / pr si kjun/n.起诉，检举
millennium /mi leni m/n.千年期，千禧年；一千年
convene /k nvi n/vt. &；； vi.召集，集合；传唤
mayhem / meihem/n.[法律]故意的伤害罪；重伤罪；蓄
意的破坏
larceny / l s ni /n.盗窃；盗窃罪
burglary / b gl ri /n.盗窃，夜盗；入室盗窃
arson /s n/n.纵火；纵火罪
felony / fel ni /n.[法]重罪
perjury / p dri/n.伪证；伪誓；背信弃义
forger / f d/n.伪造者
misdemeanor / misdi mi n /n.轻罪；品行不端
carjacking / kdki /n.武力劫夺汽车；抢劫司机财物witchcraft / wit kr ft/n.魔法；巫术
adultery / d lt ri/n.通奸，通奸行为
fornication / f ni kein/n.通奸；乱伦
sodomy / s d mi/n.鸡奸，兽奸
blasphemy / bl sf mi/n.亵渎神明；轻视上帝或神祇
counterfeit / kaunt fit/vt. &；； vi.伪造
sedition /si din/n.暴动；煽动性的言论或行为；妨害治安
m ete out给予（奖惩），分配
stocks and bonds股票及债券
to a l esser extent在较少程度上
obscene publ i cati ons淫秽出版物
1.nglish Parliament （英国议会） ： The Parliament of England was the legislature of the ingdom of England. The English Parliament traces its origins to the Anglo-Saxon itenagemot. In 1066， William of Normandy brought a feudal system， by which he ought advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws. In 1215， the tenants-in-chief secured Magna Carta from King John， which established that he king may not levy or collect any taxes （ except the feudal taxes to which they were itherto accustomed） ， save with the consent of his royal council， which slowly developed into a parliament.
2. arceny （盗窃） ： Larceny was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law. It involved theft. It is an offence in the United States. It has been abolished in England and Wales， Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
3.urglary （入室盗窃） ： Burglary （ also called breaking and entering and sometimes ousebreaking） is a crimetheessence of which is entry into a building for thepurposes of committing an offence. Usually that offence will be theft， but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary. Commission of burglary is normally referred to as to burgle （ in British English） or burglarize （ in American English） .
4.erjury （伪证罪；伪誓） ： Perjury， also known as forswearing， is the act of lying or aking verifiably false statements on a material matter under oath or affirmation in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in writing.
5. orgery （伪造） ： Forgery is the process of making， adapting， or imitating objects， tatistics， or documents （ see false document） ， with the intent to deceive. The similar rime of fraud is the crime of deceiving another， including through the use of objects btained through forgery. Copies， studio replicas， and reproductions are not considered orgeries，though they may later become forgeries through knowing and willful isrepresentations. In the case of forging money or currency it is more often called ounterfeiting. But consumer goods are also counterfeits when they are not manufactured r produced by designated manufacture or producer given on the label or flagged by the rademark symbol. When the object forged is a record or document it is often called a alse document.
6.dultery （通奸） ： Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person nd another person who is not his or her spouse， though in many places it is only onsidered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someone who is not er husband and in others it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someone without the permission of her husband.
7. ornication （私通） ： Fornication is a term which typically refers to consensual sexual ntercoursebetween persons not married to each other. Theterm for many peoplecarries a moral or religious association. Fornication is regarded differently by various religions， societies and cultures.
8. odomy （鸡奸） ： Sodomy is a term used today predominantly in law （ derived from raditional Christian usage） to describe the act of anal intercourse， oral intercourse， as ell as bestiality. When used in a religious context， it has a negative connotation.
