Criminal law worksheet with answers

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

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

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 defendant, on the balance of probabilities
3. CThe judge, on the medical evidence alone
4. DThe prosecution, beyond reasonable doubt

In English law, "voluntary manslaughter" refers to:

1. AA killing with the mens rea for murder where a partial defence applies
2. BA killing caused by an unlawful and dangerous act, without intent to kill
3. CA killing that the victim consented to in advance
4. DA killing caused by gross negligence at work

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:

1. AProperty belongs to anyone who has possession or control of it
2. BD intended to return the car later
3. COwners who take back their own property are always acting dishonestly
4. DThe car was worth more after the repairs

Strict liability offences are offences where:

1. ALiability arises only if the defendant was negligent as to every element
2. BNo mens rea is required for at least one element of the actus reus
3. CThe defendant must confess
4. DOnly intentional acts count

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

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

In R v Cheshire, the court held that negligent medical treatment of a gunshot victim:

1. AMakes the doctors liable for murder
2. BDid not break the chain of causation unless it was so independent and potent that the original wound became insignificant
3. CBroke the chain of causation whenever it was negligent enough to be the immediate medical cause of death, even if the wound still operated
4. DAlways breaks the chain of causation

In R v Whybrow (1951), the court held that the mens rea of attempted murder is:

1. AAn intention to cause GBH
2. BThe same as the mens rea of murder
3. CRecklessness as to causing death
4. DAn intention to kill only