Criminal law worksheet with answers

Which statute contains the main non-fatal offences against the person in England and Wales (ABH, wounding, GBH)?

1. AThe Homicide Act 1957
2. BThe Criminal Damage Act 1971
3. CThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
4. DThe Theft Act 1968

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

1. A10
2. B16
3. C12
4. D14

A person who helps or encourages another to commit a crime, without carrying out the act themselves, is called:

1. AA principal offender
2. BA co-defendant witness
3. CAn innocent agent
4. DAn accessory (secondary party)

Gang members threaten D to make her rob a post office. D had joined the gang knowing it used violence. Following R v Hasan, D:

1. ACan rely on duress only if the robbery failed
2. BCannot rely on duress because she voluntarily associated with violent criminals
3. CCan rely on necessity instead of duress
4. DCan rely on duress because the threat was real, immediate and impossible for her to escape

Two adult friends agree to a fist fight in the street, and one breaks the other's nose. Following A-G's Reference (No 6 of 1980), consent is:

1. AA defence only if the fight was planned in advance
2. BNo defence, because a street fight causing actual bodily harm is not in the public interest
3. CA full defence, because both adults freely agreed to the fight and accepted the risk of injury
4. DRelevant only to the sentence and never to guilt

For malicious wounding or inflicting GBH under section 20 OAPA, the defendant must at least have foreseen:

1. ANothing, because it is strict liability
2. BThat serious harm would certainly result
3. CThat some physical harm might result
4. DThat the victim would die

In R v Larsonneur (1933), a French woman was convicted of being an illegal alien in the UK after being brought there by police against her will. The case illustrates:

1. ATransferred malice from the police to the defendant
2. BThe defence of duress of circumstances excusing an involuntary immigration offence
3. CThe requirement of a duty for omissions
4. DA state of affairs offence where liability arose without a voluntary act

In R v Dica (2004), D had sex with partners without telling them he was HIV-positive. The Court of Appeal held that:

1. AD was guilty of murder, because HIV can kill
2. BConsent is never relevant to the transmission of disease, since s20 protects public health
3. CNon-disclosure always makes sex rape under English law
4. DInformed consent to the risk of infection could be a defence to inflicting GBH under s20