Criminal law worksheet with answers

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

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

An attempt to commit a crime means:

1. APlanning a crime in detail and buying the equipment needed later to commit it
2. BCommitting the full offence
3. CDoing more than merely preparatory acts with intent to commit the offence
4. DTalking to a friend about a crime

Under section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957, who bears the burden of proving diminished responsibility?

1. AThe judge, on the medical evidence alone
2. BThe prosecution, beyond reasonable doubt
3. CNobody, as the jury decides freely
4. DThe defendant, on the balance of probabilities

D drives a car she believes is her own, but which is actually V's identical car. She is not guilty of theft because:

1. AThe car was insured by V
2. BShe is not dishonest and lacks intent to deprive another
3. CShe returned it the next morning
4. DCars cannot be stolen under the Theft Act

D and V are playing a properly organised rugby match. D tackles V within the rules and V breaks a leg. D is most likely:

1. ALiable for battery, because consent is never a defence to serious bodily harm
2. BLiable for GBH, because a serious injury was caused
3. CLiable, because rugby is not a recognised sport
4. DNot liable, because players consent to injuries within the rules of the game

The "thin skull" rule in criminal law means:

1. AA frail victim breaks the chain of causation
2. BThe victim's injuries must be foreseeable in extent
3. CThe defendant must take the victim as they find them
4. DOnly healthy victims are protected

In R v Windle (1952), the court interpreted "wrong" in the M'Naghten Rules to mean:

1. ALegally wrong
2. BWrong in the eyes of a doctor
3. CMorally wrong by society's standards
4. DWrong according to the defendant's own beliefs

In R v Whybrow (1951), the court held that the mens rea of attempted murder is:

1. AAn intention to cause GBH
2. BRecklessness as to causing death
3. CAn intention to kill only
4. DThe same as the mens rea of murder