16 ESL Conversation Questions about Crime

  1. What is a crime? Give some examples.
  2. Is everything illegal a crime?
  3. Have you ever committed a crime? What did you do?
  4. Have you ever been accused of committing a crime, but actually, you did not do anything? How did you solve the problem?
  5. Do you usually obey the rules? When was the last time you did not follow a specific law? What was it? What happened?
  6. Is crime an important problem in your city or country?
  7. What should governments do to reduce the crime rate?
  8. What are some examples of petty crimes? Have you ever committed any one of them? What did you do?
  9. What are some examples of crimes on the news nowadays?
  10. Which group is more subject to crime? Women, children, or black people?
  11. Have you ever been to a crime scene and seen the crime being committed? What happened? How did you feel? What did you do?
  12. If your girlfriend/boyfriend killed someone and hid the body in the car trunk, would you help him/her, or would you tell everything to the police? How would you get rid of the dead body?
  13. Could you please confess your biggest crime?
  14. Have you ever been a subject of a crime? How did you react?
  15. What are some examples of online crime?
  16. Is capital punishment a deterrent? What might be the alternative punishment?