Criminal Law Awareness

1.  Understand aims and general principlesof criminal law

1. Evaluate the aims of criminalisation of specific acts and the function of criminal punishment
2. Analyse the role of public prosecution and criminal standardof proof
3. Explain capacity to commit a crime

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2.  Understand the elements of the different offences against a person

1. Analyse the components of murder
2. Illustrate circumstances giving rise to voluntary and involuntary manslaughter
3. Assess the nature of non-fatal offences against the person

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3.  Understand property offences.4. Understand the general principles ofinchoate offences

1. Explain the components of property offences
2. Distinguish between lack of honesty under s.2(1) TA 1968 and dishonesty under common law
3. Compare and contrast robbery with burglary

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4.  Understand the general principles of inchoate offences

1. Assess the types of inchoate offences
2. Explain the meaning of assisting or encouraging crime
3. Distinguish intention to commit crime from an attempt

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5.  Understand the nature and applicationof defences

1. Examine specific and general defences
2. Illustrate the defence of insanity, duress,mistake andinvoluntary intoxication
3. Illustrate the application of the self- defence rule

• The assessment strategy for this course is designed to test all the learning outcomes.
• Learners must demonstrate successful achievement of all learning outcomes to pass the course.

• The assessment criteria for a pass will be presented with the summative exercise.
• Further information and guidance on the assessment will be made available through the tutor.

To pass the unit a 40% overall grade must be achieved.