Criminal law worksheet with answers

What is the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales?

1. A12
2. B16
3. C14
4. D10

Which sentence must a court impose on an adult convicted of murder in England and Wales?

1. AA community order
2. BLife imprisonment
3. CA suspended sentence
4. DA fixed term of 10 years

An attempt to commit a crime means:

1. ACommitting the full offence
2. BTalking to a friend about a crime
3. CPlanning a crime in detail and buying the equipment needed later to commit it
4. DDoing more than merely preparatory acts with intent to commit the offence

Oblique (indirect) intention in English law (R v Woollin) exists when:

1. AThe result was merely possible
2. BDeath was a foreseeable consequence that a reasonable person would have appreciated
3. CDeath or serious harm was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this
4. DThe defendant did not foresee any harm

D, carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note, walks towards a post office to rob it but is arrested outside before entering. Under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, D is most likely guilty of:

1. ANothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation
2. BRobbery, because the intention was proved
3. CAttempted robbery, because D was carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note
4. DBurglary, because D intended to enter the building

D is present when a crime is committed but does nothing to help or encourage it. Following R v Clarkson, D is:

1. AThe principal, because D witnessed the whole crime
2. BAn accessory, because voluntary presence at the scene always amounts to encouragement
3. CAn accessory, because D could have called the police
4. DNot an accessory, because mere presence without intent to encourage is not enough

In the Dutch "Melk-en-water" judgment (Hoge Raad, 1916), the court recognised:

1. AForce majeure as a written justification
2. BThe legality principle as part of the Constitution
3. CAbsence of all blame (AVAS) as an unwritten excuse
4. DConditional intent as a form of intention

In R v Roberts (1971), a woman jumped from a moving car to escape a sexual assault and was injured. The court held the defendant liable unless her reaction was:

1. AMore dangerous than staying in the car
2. BTaken without first asking the defendant to stop the car and let her out
3. CCaused by her own panic and fear
4. DSo "daft" or unexpected that no reasonable person could have foreseen it