Criminal law worksheet with answers
Free printable Criminal law worksheet: 8 problems from easy to exam level, with an answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF.
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1.Easy
In English law, a battery is:
- ACausing another to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful force
- BAny rude remark made in public
- CCausing serious injury with a weapon
- DThe intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another
2.Easy
Which statute contains the main non-fatal offences against the person in England and Wales (ABH, wounding, GBH)?
- AThe Theft Act 1968
- BThe Criminal Damage Act 1971
- CThe Homicide Act 1957
- DThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
3.Easy
The principle "nullum crimen sine lege" means that:
- AAll crimes are punished with prison
- BLaws apply retroactively
- CJudges can create new crimes freely
- DThere is no crime without a law defining it beforehand
4.Medium
D takes his own car from a garage without paying for repairs. Following R v Turner (No 2), D can be guilty of theft because:
- AOwners who take back their own property are always acting dishonestly
- BD intended to return the car later
- CThe car was worth more after the repairs
- DProperty belongs to anyone who has possession or control of it
5.Medium
D throws a paving stone off a bridge onto a train, killing the guard. D did not think anyone would be hurt. Following DPP v Newbury and Jones, D is guilty of:
- AGross negligence manslaughter only
- BUnlawful act manslaughter, as the act was unlawful and objectively dangerous
- CMurder, as the act was likely to kill
- DNo offence, as D did not subjectively foresee any risk of harm to anyone at all
6.Medium
D swaps price labels on two items in a supermarket, intending to pay the lower price. Following R v Morris, the appropriation took place when D:
- APaid at the checkout
- BPut the item in the trolley
- CSwitched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights
- DLeft the shop without paying
7.Hard
In R v Brown (1993), the House of Lords held that consent was no defence to s47 and s20 charges arising from:
- AInjuries suffered in properly conducted boxing matches between consenting adults
- BSurgery carried out without the patient's signature
- CTattoos applied by a licensed tattoo artist
- DConsensual sado-masochistic acts between adults in private
8.Hard
In Tesco Supermarkets v Nattrass (1972), Tesco avoided liability because:
- AThe offence was a strict liability offence
- BThe customer had not paid for the goods
- CThe store manager was not part of the company's "directing mind and will"
- DCompanies can never commit offences that require proof of any mental element