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Discuss the following a) Explain the age of criminal responsibility b) Define homicide c) Explain the rules of causation
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Paper 2571 20/11/05 OCR JUNE 2005 Discuss the following a) Explain the age of criminal responsibility b) Define homicide c) Explain the rules of causation including the concepts of an intervening act by reference to cases A killing can be either lawful or unlawful. Killings that are lawful are those by the police, armed services and doctors in strictly controlled circumstances. An unlawful homicide is considered to be those of: murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, infanticide and death caused by dangerous driving or careless driving. Homicide in criminal law is the killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or negligence of another. Murder is the 'killing of a human being with malice aforethought', where the person will have the intention to kill or cause serious harm. It is a common law offence that was developed by judges. When someone has been convicted of murder, the judge will impose...
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