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General Defences

This topic provides a balance in the understanding of the Criminal Law.  We may find that a person has committed an offence however there are circumstances whereby the extent to which they should be held accountable for that action must be reduced.  This reduction or eliminaion of liablilty is provided by, to some extent, the defences below.

A breakdown of the topic:

a) Insanity

b) Automatism

c) Duress & Necessity

d) Intoxication

Assessment:

You will be assessed on this topic in line with OCR standards.  The assessment will be a past paper question.  This question will test your knowledge and application of that knowledge to A Level exam standard. Click here to access the question.