Chapter 15 Multiple choice questions

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. What is the maximum punishment when criminal damage is caused by fire, i.e. arson?

10 years correct incorrect

20 years correct incorrect

45 years correct incorrect

Life imprisonment correct incorrect

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. Which of the following would not amount to damage for the purposes of s.1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971?

Spitting on a umbrella correct incorrect

Trampling down grass correct incorrect

Drawing graffiti on a pavement with water soluble paint correct incorrect

Deleting or altering data on a computer hard drive correct incorrect

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. Which of the following would not amount to property for the purposes of s. 10(1) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971?

Wild horses correct incorrect

Land correct incorrect

Wild mushrooms correct incorrect

Tangible property correct incorrect

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. What is the mens rea of destroying or damaging property belonging to another?

The destruction or damage to property belonging to another must be done recklessly correct incorrect

The destruction or damage to property belonging to another must be done intentionally or recklessly correct incorrect

The destruction or damage to property belonging to another must be done intentionally correct incorrect

The destruction or damage to property belonging to another must be done maliciously correct incorrect

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. Which of the following would not amount to lawful excuse under s.5(2), Criminal Damage Act 1971?

An honest belief that the owner would consent to the damage correct incorrect

Where D acts in order to protect property and has an honest belief that the property was in immediate need of protection and that the means of protection adopted was reasonable in the circumstances correct incorrect

Where D acts in order to draw attention to a factor which may ultimately affect the safety of the property correct incorrect

An honest, but mistaken, belief in consent which is induced by intoxication correct incorrect

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. Which of the following cases concerned an employee of a cotton mill who set fire to the mill and machinery, because he thought his employer asked him to do so in order to make a fraudulent claim against the insurers?

Jaggard v Dickinson (1980) correct incorrect

Hunt (1978) correct incorrect

Denton (1982) correct incorrect

Jones and Others (2004) correct incorrect

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. How is the actus reus of destroying or damaging property with intent to endanger life different from the basic offence of criminal damage?

There is no difference correct incorrect

Destroying or damaging property belonging to another and he does so with intent to endanger life or being reckless thereto. correct incorrect

The property destroyed or damaged need not belong to another. correct incorrect

Destroying or damaging property belonging to another and that it is proved that a life was endangered correct incorrect

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. Can an individual be convicted of an offence if he only made a threat to damage or destroy property?

Yes correct incorrect

No correct incorrect

Only if the threat was made in writing correct incorrect

Only of the defendant intended to carry out the threats correct incorrect

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. What type of intention is it necessary to prove to convict a defendant of possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property?

Oblique intention correct incorrect

Conditional intention correct incorrect

Strict intention correct incorrect

Purposive intention correct incorrect

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. Which of the following Acts created a new offence of racially aggravated criminal damage?

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 correct incorrect

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 correct incorrect

The Criminal Damage Act 1971 correct incorrect

The Human Rights Act 1998 correct incorrect