Legal

Question 0

What is a rule?

Answer 0

Are applied locally and are in limited context

Question 1

What is a law?

Answer 1

Laws apply to society and are enforced by society

Question 2

What is a crime?

Answer 2

A conscious voluntary act or omission that is considered harmful to society, prohibited by the state and punished by the state

Question 3

What are the two basic parts of a crime?

Answer 3

Actus Reus: wrongful act - physical

Mens Rea: wrongful mind - mental

Question 4

What must be proved to be found guilty of a crime?

Answer 4

Actus Reas

Question 5

What is needed for a crime to be a crime?

Answer 5

A crime must be a conscious voluntary act which you know what you are doing and are willingly doing it

Question 6

What is the standard of proof?

Answer 6

Beyond Reasonable doubt

How much you need to prove

Question 7

What is the presumption of Innocnece?

Answer 7

Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty

Question 8

Onus of proof:

Answer 8

Who has to prove - standard of proof

Question 9

What is the criminal liability for 0-10 year olds?

Answer 9

Cannot be found guilty of a crime

Assumed knew right from right

Question 10

10-14

Answer 10

Can’t be found guilty but if the prosecution can prove that you had a criminal attitude you can be found guilty

Question 11

14 and over

Answer 11

Full criminal liability

Question 12

What is an alibi: - general defences for a crime

Answer 12

Piece of evidence that says you were elsewhere when an act was committed

Question 13

Accident: general defence for crimes

Answer 13

No intention, misguided or wrong

Question 14

Insanity: general defence

Answer 14

State of being ill

Question 15

Neccesity: general crime defence

Answer 15

The circumstances required you to commit a crime

Question 16

Self defence: general crime defence

Answer 16

Using a reasonable amount of force to proportionate the threat

Question 17

What is murder?

Answer 17

Intentional killing of a person with malice afore thought

Question 18

What is manslaughter?

Answer 18

Intended to cause harm but not grievous harm

Question 19

What is the aim of a criminal sanction?

Answer 19

Need to be found guilty beyond reasonable doubt

Question 20

What is a sanction?

Answer 20

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule

Question 21

Types of sanctions:

Answer 21

General Deterent: for everyone 
Specific Deterent: personal 
To protect society: protect someone from being killed 
To punish 
To denounce 
To reform