Course description
You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. Completed coursework is delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple. You will also have a personal tutor who will be there to offer you support every step of the way. Boost your career opportunities and equip yourself with the skills you need for your long-term success. Home learning is simple and stress-free, so enrol with us today!
Course Content
Unit 1 General Principles of Criminal Liability
- Criminal law
- Sources of criminal law
- Precedent
- Ratio decidendi and obiter dicta
- Statutory interpretation
- Elements of criminal liability
- Mens rea and actus reus
- Specific and basic intent crimes
Unit 2 The Courts and Access to Legal Advice
- The criminal court system
- The magistrates court and the crown court
- Appeals
- The legal profession: judges, magistrates and juries
- The crown prosecution service
- Sentencing
- Types of sentence
- Legal aid for criminal cases
Unit 3 Police Powers
- The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Stop and search
- Search of premises
- Arrest
- Time limits relating to detention
- Custody officer
- Rights of the detained person
- Fingerprints and body samples
- Out of court disposal
- Complaints against the police
Unit 4 Property Offences
- Theft
- Robbery
- Burglary
- Blackmail
- Fraud
- Damage to property
- Simple criminal damage
- Aggravated criminal damage
Unit 5 Non-Fatal Violence Offences Against the Person
- Assault
- Battery
- Offences against the Person Act 1861
- Wounding
- Psychiatric injury
- Actual and grievous bodily harm
- Law in action
- General defences
- Law reform
Unit 6 Unlawful Homicide
- Murder
- Causation
- Mens rea of murder
- The actus reus of murder
- Joint enterprise
- Partial defences to murder
- Manslaughter (voluntary and involuntary)
- Gross negligence manslaughter
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