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Return to Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Essentials of Criminal Law 4e, Student Resources
Chapter 4 Self-test questions
Interaction of actus reus and mens rea
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Interaction within the application of an offence
Interaction within the structure of an offence
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How do we broadly define the correspondence principle?
That legal practitioners should correspond with their clients.
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That each part of the
actus reus
should usually have an accompanying
mens rea
.
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That the offence charged should fit the facts of the harm.
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That the defendant's charges should match those of their co-accused.
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Are "intention" and "recklessness" stand-alone forms of
mens rea
, in the absence of any other information?
They are enough for a sensible juror to make sense of.
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They require a full explanation, but not on the indictment.
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They are sufficient as stand-alone forms of
mens rea
.
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They require further clarification as to what D allegedly did.
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Are there any exceptions to the correspondence principle?
No – it is a universal rule involving the
mens rea
, and therefore must be followed.
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Yes – the exceptions are strict liability offences and crimes with ulterior
mens rea
elements.
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No – there are no exceptions, because the
mens rea
is an essential part of all criminal offences.
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Yes – the exceptions are where
mens rea
is irrelevant.
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Strict liability offences need no
mens rea
other than the mere fact of the conduct itself being voluntary. True or false?
False
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True
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Which of the following is an "ulterior
mens rea
element" of theft?
Intention to permanently deprive.
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Property belonging to another.
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Dishonesty.
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The objective standard of reasonable and honest people.
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What is the "doctrine of transferred malice"?
Where D's
mens rea
is also attributed to their co-defendant.
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Where the
mens rea
can be either intention or recklessness.
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Where the malice applies to a range of possible Vs.
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Where a specific
mens rea
is carried out against a different V.
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What is the "coincidence principle"?
That the offence charged is one which coincides with the facts.
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That the
actus reus
and
mens rea
happen at the same time.
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That the facts constituting the crime only match one offence.
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That the commission of an offence should not be accidental.
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When can a crime still occur, even if the
actus reus
precedes the
mens rea
?
When there is an accident and nobody intends any harm.
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Where there is an unforeseen event or occurrence.
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Where there is an intervening act or a break in causation.
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Where there is a continuing act or omissions liability.
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When can a crime still occur, even if the
mens rea
precedes the
actus reus
?
Where the offence is one of strict liability.
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Where the offence is a statutorily-created one.
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Where they form part of a single transaction.
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Where the intention is clearly communicated.
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If D intend to kill by one action, but actually kills by a later one, when they think they are disposing of a "body," is this a crime?
Yes – because they are part of the same sequence of events.
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No – because the principle of coincidence is undermined.
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Yes – because of the doctrine of transferred malice.
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No – because the initial, intentional, act did not kill V.
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