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11lscriminallaw 150812220031 Lva1 App6891 PDF
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11 Legal Studies
Assessment
Extended Research Response (Written)
800-1,000 words
Report format
Criminal Offences
Against the person
Against property
Motor vehicles
Queensland drug laws
Defences and Excuses
Provocation
Police Powers
Criminal v Civil Law
Committal and Summary Proceedings
Trial by Judge and Jury
Legal Representation
Children as Offenders
Sentencing
Contemporary Cases
Patel
Sica
Morcombe
Baden-Clay
Basic Elements of
Criminal Law
Sources of Law:
State Constitution
Common law
Statutory law
Australian Constitution
Presumption of Innocence
Strict Liability Offences
Onus and Standard of Proof
Actus reus and mens rea
Sources of Criminal Law
Queensland: Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld)
Why?
Assaulting a pregnant woman killing an unborn child
Computer hacking
Intentional transmission of serious disease
Bomb hoax message
Making or distributing child exploitation material
Drink spiking Find one of these new laws. Explain what
changes/events have occurred in society that
would warrant the addition of these laws.
Presumption of
Innocence
Innocent until proven guilty
Federal law
Incest Stalking
Answers
Murder Stealing
Grievous bodily harm Robbery Offence
Assault occasioning bodily harm Burglary s
Torture Receiving against
Possession
Stalking Drug Arson propert
Producing
Incest crime Wilful damage yto property
Supplying
Unlawful sodomy Bomb hoaxes
Trafficking
Rape
Manslaughter Begging in a public place
Common assault Offences Being drunk in a public place
Serious assault against the Graffiti instrument
Unlawful wounding person Imposition Public
Sexual assault Loitering order
Carnal knowledge of a child Public nuisance offences
Indecent treatment of a child under Sale of potentially harmful things
16 Threatening violence
Dangerous operation Throwing things at a sporting
Driving while under the influence event
Trespassing
Use of motor vehicle
Offences against the
person
Murder
Elements: kills another person unlawfully; intentional (mens rea and actus reus)
Create dot points from your text book of anything interesting related to
murder that you read
Crimes Act
1900 (NSW)
Criminal Code Act
Compilation Act
1913 (WA) Criminal Code
2002 (ACT)
Criminal Law
Consolidation Act
1935 (SA) Crimes Act Criminal Code
1958 (Vic) Act 1924
Crimes Act 1914 (Cth),
Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) (Tas)
According to the Constitution, Australia is not allowed
to make a federal criminal code, that is a power left to
states
Voluntary act
2. Retribution
3. Incapacitation/Societal Protection
4. Reformation/Rehabilitation
5. Expiation
In Qld it is under 17
2000
Present
http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/cfi-pdf/cfi106.pdf