Positives Of Strict Liablity

Question 1

What is expediency?

Answer 1

If the the prosecution had to prove MR for each case, the sheer volume of cases the courts are seeing would cause the judicial system to collapse.

Question 2

What is meant by promotion of care?

Answer 2

By promoting high standards of care, SI protects the public from dangerous practices.
Barbra Wootton has defended SI on this basis, suggesting that is the objective of criminal law is to prevent socially damaging activities, it would be absurd to turn a blind eye to those who cause the harm due to carelessness, negligence or even an accident.

Question 3

Difficulty proving MR

Answer 3

Without SI, some criminals would walk free because the prosecution sometimes can’t prove MR.