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lOMoARcPSD|805298Lecture notes, lecture semester 2 - incohate lecture handout
Criminal Law (University of Leicester)
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LEICESTER LAW SCHOOL
INCOHATE OFFENCES
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CRIMINAL LAW
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Introduction
Introduction to inchoate offences
Why punish attempts?
Actus reus
Mens rea
Attempting the impossible
Reforms
Defining Inchoate:
Smith & Hogan:
“Just begun, incipient; in an initial or early stage” (Ormerod and Lard, 2015: 457).
i.e. incomplete offences – perpetrator hasn’t managed to commit the full crime
for evidential reasons prosecutors might favour going for an inchoate offence
Inchoate offences have their own AR and MR
Inchoate Crime:
“committed by doing an act with the purpose of effecting some other offence” (Baker,
2012: 351)
Three inchoate offences
Conspiracy – occurs when two or more people get together and agree to commit a
crime
Encouraging or Assisting Crime – offences brought in …
o Serious Crime Act 2007
Attempts- when you embark upon a crime but for some reason you haven’t been
successful
Substantive offences in inchoate mode – you just need intention
- Theft
- Burglary
- Fraud
- Common assault
Substantive offences framed in an inchoate mode
Theft
Burglary
Fraud
Common assault
Attempts
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