Criminal law worksheet with answers

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

1. A10
2. B14
3. C12
4. D16

In Dutch criminal law, what distinguishes "moord" (Article 289 Sr) from "doodslag" (Article 287 Sr)?

1. AMoord can only be committed against a police officer
2. BMoord requires the use of a weapon
3. CMoord requires premeditation (voorbedachte raad)
4. DMoord requires more than one victim

In Dutch criminal law, "noodweer" (Article 41(1) Sr) is:

1. AAn excuse based on a strong emotional disturbance caused by an unlawful attack
2. BA rule allowing police to stop and search people
3. CA form of preparation for committing a crime
4. DA justification for necessary defence against an immediate unlawful attack

D knocks over a candle by accident, sees a fire start, and walks away without doing anything. The house burns down. D is most likely:

1. ALiable only if D intended to start the fire initially
2. BNot liable, because the law imposes no duty to act to protect property
3. CNot liable, because the fire started by accident
4. DLiable, because D created a dangerous situation and failed to act

Causation in criminal law requires that the defendant's act was:

1. AA factual and legal cause of the result
2. BIntended to cause the result in every case
3. CThe only cause of the result
4. DMorally wrong

D supplies heroin to V, an adult, who freely and knowingly injects herself and dies. According to R v Kennedy (No 2), D is:

1. ANot guilty of manslaughter, because V's free and informed choice broke the chain of causation
2. BGuilty of manslaughter, because supply always causes the death
3. CGuilty of unlawful act manslaughter, because supplying a class A drug is itself unlawful and dangerous
4. DGuilty of manslaughter, because V's choice is irrelevant

In R v Brown (1993), the House of Lords held that consent was no defence to s47 and s20 charges arising from:

1. ASurgery carried out without the patient's signature
2. BTattoos applied by a licensed tattoo artist
3. CInjuries suffered in properly conducted boxing matches between consenting adults
4. DConsensual sado-masochistic acts between adults in private

In the Dutch "Opticien" judgment (Hoge Raad, 1923), an optician sold glasses after closing time to a man who had broken his. The court recognised:

1. AAn official order (ambtelijk bevel) as a justification under Article 43 Sr
2. BMental disorder as an excuse under Article 39 Sr
3. CNecessity (noodtoestand) as a form of overmacht under Article 40 Sr
4. DSelf-defence of property under Article 41 Sr