Criminal law worksheet with answers

In English law, which court tries the most serious (indictable-only) offences such as murder?

1. AThe Court of Appeal
2. BThe magistrates' court
3. CThe Crown Court
4. DThe county court

In English law, rape is defined in which statute?

1. AThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
2. BThe Sexual Offences Act 2003
3. CThe Protection from Harassment Act 1997
4. DThe Criminal Justice Act 1988

In Dutch criminal law, what distinguishes "moord" (Article 289 Sr) from "doodslag" (Article 287 Sr)?

1. AMoord can only be committed against a police officer
2. BMoord requires premeditation (voorbedachte raad)
3. CMoord requires more than one victim
4. DMoord requires the use of a weapon

Strict liability offences are offences where:

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

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 harassment, because no force was used
3. COnly a civil wrong, because no physical harm occurred
4. DAn assault, as silent calls can cause apprehension of immediate force

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

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

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

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

Under the loss of control defence (Coroners and Justice Act 2009), the defence is NOT available if:

1. AThe loss of control was not sudden
2. BThe defendant had been drinking that day
3. CThe victim was a family member
4. DThe defendant acted in a considered desire for revenge