Criminal law worksheet with answers

Which Act created the offences of fraud by false representation, failing to disclose information and abuse of position?

1. AThe Theft Act 1978
2. BThe Serious Crime Act 2007
3. CThe Fraud Act 2006
4. DThe Criminal Justice Act 1988

In English law, theft is defined in section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 as:

1. AUsing force to obtain property belonging to another person
2. BDishonestly taking property belonging to another without consent, with intention to use it and later return it
3. CDishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with intention to permanently deprive the other of it
4. DBorrowing property from another person without asking first

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

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. BOnly a civil wrong, because no physical harm occurred
3. CNo offence, because words or silence can never amount to an assault in law
4. DAn assault, as silent calls can cause apprehension of immediate force

D takes a college exam paper, reads it and returns it, planning to cheat. Following Oxford v Moss, D did not steal because:

1. AConfidential information is not property under the Theft Act
2. BExam papers have no economic value
3. CThe paper itself was returned, so there was no intention to deprive
4. DD was a student at the college

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:

1. APut the item in the trolley
2. BLeft the shop without paying
3. CPaid at the checkout
4. DSwitched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights

In R v Jordan (1956), the court held the chain of causation was broken because:

1. AThe victim refused a blood transfusion for religious reasons, which was unforeseeable
2. BA second attacker stabbed the victim again in hospital
3. CThe medical treatment was "palpably wrong" and the wound had mainly healed
4. DThe victim had an unusually thin skull

In R v Gullefer (1990), D ran onto a greyhound track to get the race declared void and recover his bet. The Court of Appeal held:

1. AAttempt requires the last act before the crime
2. BHis acts were merely preparatory, as he had not embarked on the "crime proper"
3. CHe was guilty of attempted theft, as running onto the track was more than preparatory
4. DImpossibility gave him a complete defence