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Asses the approached to the definition of intention in English Criminal law The mens rea of an offence is the mental state that a person goes through before or during an offence. There are three different types of mens rea, which are intention, recklessness or negligence. The mens rea that I will be assessing is intention. The mens rea of intention can be found in murder, theft, burglary and robbery cases. In English Criminal law there is no real definition of intention, by this I mean there is no statute defining the word intention. Although there is no statutory definition for intention, judges have made it very clear that the word intention is not normally to be compared with desire. This was made clear in the case of Cunliffe v Goodman 1950, where it was clearly stated that intention is a state of affairs, 'that a person does more than merely contemplate'. ...

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