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

Which two elements usually make up a criminal offence?

1. AOffer and acceptance
2. BDuty and breach
3. CActus reus and mens rea
4. DMotive and opportunity

In English law, a battery is:

1. AAny rude remark made in public
2. BCausing another to apprehend the immediate application of unlawful force
3. CThe intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another
4. DCausing serious injury with a weapon

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

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

D, a diabetic, takes insulin, skips food, becomes hypoglycaemic and hits V without knowing what he is doing. D may rely on:

1. AInsanity, because diabetes is a disease affecting the functioning of the mind
2. BDuress of circumstances, because D was ill
3. CNon-insane automatism, because an external factor caused the episode
4. DDiminished responsibility, because harm was caused

D is present when a crime is committed but does nothing to help or encourage it. Following R v Clarkson, D is:

1. ANot an accessory, because mere presence without intent to encourage is not enough
2. BThe principal, because D witnessed the whole crime
3. CAn accessory, because D could have called the police
4. DAn accessory, because voluntary presence at the scene always amounts to encouragement

In Sweet v Parsley (1970), a landlady was convicted of being concerned in the management of premises used for smoking cannabis. The House of Lords:

1. AUpheld the conviction because drug offences are always strict liability in order to protect public health
2. BQuashed the conviction, holding that mens rea is presumed unless Parliament clearly excludes it
3. CHeld that cannabis offences require a commercial purpose
4. DHeld that landladies have a duty to search their tenants

In R v Lloyd (1985), a cinema employee lent films to be copied and returned them within hours. The court held there was no theft because:

1. AFilms are intangible property that cannot be stolen
2. BCopying films was not illegal at the time
3. CThe employee had the cinema's permission to borrow the films for a short time
4. DThe films were returned with their "goodness or virtue" not wholly exhausted