Criminal law worksheet with answers

Under the Criminal Damage Act 1971, criminal damage by fire is charged as:

1. AAffray
2. BArson
3. CAggravated theft
4. DBurglary

Handling stolen goods (section 22 Theft Act 1968) requires that the defendant:

1. AKept the goods for over a month
2. BStole the goods personally
3. CSold the goods for profit
4. DKnew or believed the goods to be stolen

In English law, theft is defined in section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 as:

1. AUsing force to obtain property belonging to another person
2. BDishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with intention to permanently deprive the other of it
3. CDishonestly taking property belonging to another without consent, with intention to use it and later return it
4. DBorrowing property from another person without asking first

D points a gun at his friend as a joke, both believing it will not fire. It fires and kills the friend. Following R v Lamb, there was no unlawful act manslaughter because:

1. AJokes cannot be criminal under English law
2. BThe death was caused by the gun malfunctioning, not by any act of D's
3. CThe gun belonged to the friend
4. DThere was no assault, since the friend did not apprehend any force

D makes repeated silent phone calls to V, causing her psychiatric illness. Following R v Ireland, D can be guilty of:

1. ANo offence, because words or silence can never amount to an assault in law
2. BOnly a civil wrong, because no physical harm occurred
3. COnly harassment, because no force was used
4. DAn assault, as silent calls can cause apprehension of immediate force

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. CCars cannot be stolen under the Theft Act
4. DShe returned it the next morning

In R v Hinks (2000), the House of Lords held that:

1. AReceiving a valid gift can be an appropriation, so it can be theft if dishonest
2. BA valid gift can never be theft because full ownership passes to the recipient at once
3. COnly shop thefts involve appropriation
4. DCivil law always decides criminal liability for theft

In R v G (2003), the House of Lords defined recklessness as:

1. AIntention to cause harm
2. BFailure to notice an obvious risk that a reasonable person would have seen
3. CAny careless behaviour
4. DAwareness of a risk that it was unreasonable to take in the circumstances