Criminal law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AAggravated theft
  2. BBurglary
  3. CAffray
  4. DArson
2.Easy

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

  1. A16
  2. B12
  3. C14
  4. D10
3.Easy

An "inchoate offence" is:

  1. AAn offence that can only be tried in the magistrates' court
  2. BAn offence committed before the intended crime is completed, such as attempt
  3. CAn offence that requires no mental element at all
  4. DAn offence committed by a child below the minimum age of criminal responsibility
4.Medium

Involuntary intoxication can be a defence when:

  1. AThe defendant chose to drink heavily
  2. BIt meant the defendant lacked the required mens rea
  3. CThe defendant was less inhibited but still formed intent
  4. DThe offence is a strict liability offence
5.Medium

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

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

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

In English law, the partial defence of loss of control reduces murder to:

  1. AVoluntary manslaughter
  2. BAn acquittal
  3. CInvoluntary manslaughter
  4. DGrievous bodily harm
8.Hard

Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, an organisation is guilty if the way its activities are managed causes death and amounts to a gross breach of a duty of care, and:

  1. AThe victim was an employee of the organisation
  2. BThe way senior management organised the activities was a substantial element of the breach
  3. CThe organisation intended to cause death
  4. DA single identified director is first personally convicted of gross negligence manslaughter

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Arson
  2. 2. D · 10
  3. 3. B · An offence committed before the intended crime is completed, such as attempt
  4. 4. B · It meant the defendant lacked the required mens rea
  5. 5. A · Cannot rely on duress because she voluntarily associated with violent criminals
  6. 6. C · That some physical harm might result
  7. 7. A · Voluntary manslaughter
  8. 8. B · The way senior management organised the activities was a substantial element of the breach

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