Criminal law worksheet with answers

Mens rea refers to:

1. AThe physical act of a crime
2. BThe punishment for a crime
3. CThe mental element of a crime
4. DThe victim's state of mind

Which Act provides the statutory framework for reasonable force in self-defence and householder cases in England and Wales?

1. AThe Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
2. BThe Human Rights Act 1998
3. CThe Sexual Offences Act 2003
4. DThe Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

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

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

Joint enterprise (accessorial liability) after R v Jogee requires that the accessory:

1. AMerely foresaw as a real possibility that the principal might commit the crime
2. BWas related to the principal
3. CWas present at the scene by chance
4. DIntended to assist or encourage the principal to commit the crime

D throws a glass of beer over V intending only to wet her; the glass slips and cuts V. Following R v Savage, D's liability under section 47 OAPA requires:

1. AForesight that at least some actual bodily harm would result from the assault
2. BOnly the mens rea of assault or battery, with no foresight of harm needed
3. CForesight that grievous bodily harm would be caused
4. DIntention to cause actual bodily harm

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

1. ADiminished responsibility
2. BDuress of circumstances
3. CConsent
4. DLoss of control

In R v Malcherek and Steel (1981), doctors switched off life-support machines after diagnosing brain death. The court held:

1. ASwitching off did not break the chain; the original assailants caused the deaths
2. BThe doctors became the legal cause of death by deliberately switching off the machines
3. CThe victims died of natural causes in law
4. DThe defendants were guilty only of attempted murder

In Tesco Supermarkets v Nattrass (1972), Tesco avoided liability because:

1. AThe offence was a strict liability offence
2. BThe store manager was not part of the company's "directing mind and will"
3. CCompanies can never commit offences that require proof of any mental element
4. DThe customer had not paid for the goods