Criminal law worksheet with answers

The defence of duress requires a threat of:

1. ADamage to one's property
2. BDeath or serious injury
3. CPublic embarrassment
4. DLosing one's job

In English law, a battery is:

1. AThe intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another
2. BCausing serious injury with a weapon
3. CAny rude remark made in public
4. DCausing another to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful force

Under section 4 of the Theft Act 1968, which of these cannot normally be stolen?

1. AMoney
2. BLand
3. CA bank balance
4. DA bicycle

During a burglary, D has handed a knife to an accomplice. When someone arrives, D says "come on, let's go" and climbs out; the accomplice stabs the person. Following R v Becerra, D's withdrawal is:

1. ANot effective, because withdrawal must be timely and unequivocal and may need more than words once violence is imminent
2. BEffective, because any words of withdrawal are always enough
3. CIrrelevant, because once an accessory has supplied a weapon, no later act of withdrawal can ever relieve them of liability
4. DEffective, because D left before the crime was completed

D grabs V's handbag so forcefully that V's hand is pulled down. Following R v Clouden, this can be:

1. AOnly battery, because the bag was not taken
2. BRobbery, because force was used on the person to steal
3. CBurglary, because the bag was V's property
4. DOnly theft, because there was no direct contact with V's body

D drives on the pavement to escape a man who is threatening to kill him. The most suitable defence is:

1. ALoss of control
2. BDuress of circumstances
3. CConsent
4. DDiminished responsibility

In Sweet v Parsley (1970), a landlady was convicted of being concerned in the management of premises used for smoking cannabis. The House of Lords:

1. AQuashed the conviction, holding that mens rea is presumed unless Parliament clearly excludes it
2. BUpheld the conviction because drug offences are always strict liability in order to protect public health
3. CHeld that landladies have a duty to search their tenants
4. DHeld that cannabis offences require a commercial purpose

In English law, the partial defence of loss of control reduces murder to:

1. AInvoluntary manslaughter
2. BAn acquittal
3. CGrievous bodily harm
4. DVoluntary manslaughter