Criminal Law overview quiz - WJEC A-Level Law quiz

The guilty mind, the mental element of the offence

The guilty act, the physical element of the offence

The motive that led the defendant to act as they did

The sentence imposed by the court after conviction

Whenever the defendant simply chooses not to help another person

Never, because the criminal law only punishes positive acts

Only where the offence carries a sentence of life imprisonment

Where the defendant is under a legal duty to act and fails to do so

The result was a virtual certainty and the defendant appreciated this

The defendant foresaw a small risk and unjustifiably took it

The defendant acted carelessly without thinking about the risk

The defendant had a bad motive for committing the act

Recklessness as to causing the victim some bodily harm

An intention to frighten or alarm the victim seriously

An intention to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm

Gross negligence amounting to a criminal breach of duty

Loss of control under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

Self-defence under section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1967

Automatism caused by an external factor such as a blow

Consent of the victim to the risk of serious harm

A purely civil wrong such as a breach of contract

An omission to act where a duty of care existed

Any negligent act, whether or not it is a crime

A criminal act that is dangerous on the objective test

Wounding the victim by breaking both layers of the skin

An assault or battery that occasions actual bodily harm

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do so

Causing the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful force

Section 18 requires a specific intent to cause grievous bodily harm

Section 18 can be committed only by an omission to act

Section 20 carries the higher maximum of life imprisonment

Section 20 requires proof that the victim actually died

Three elements, all forming the actus reus of the offence

Two elements, namely dishonesty and an intention to deprive

Five elements, three of actus reus and two of mens rea

Seven elements, including the use of force on the victim

Entering a building as a trespasser before taking property

The use or threat of force on a person in order to steal

Taking property worth more than a fixed minimum value

Committing the theft during the hours of darkness

Insanity is a complete defence but automatism is only partial

Insanity applies only to murder, automatism to all other crimes

Insanity is decided by the judge, automatism by the jury alone

Insanity has an internal cause; automatism has an external cause

Yes, it can negate the mens rea, reducing it to a basic intent offence

No, voluntary intoxication is never relevant to any offence

Yes, it is always a complete defence leading to acquittal

No, but it provides a full defence to basic intent offences

Whether the defendant was provoked and whether they lost control

Whether force was necessary and whether it was reasonable

Whether the defendant was sober and whether they retreated first

Whether the victim consented and whether harm resulted

Any act of preparation, however remote, towards an offence

Merely intending to commit an offence at some future time

An act that is more than merely preparatory to the offence

Successfully completing the full offence as planned

Mere foresight that the principal might commit the offence

Intention to assist or encourage the principal offence

Negligence as to whether an offence would be committed

Strict liability requiring no mental element at all