Chapter 10 – Quiz - Slapper and Kelly's The English Legal System

C10 – Q1

Police-recorded crime may not adequately represent all crime

TRUE

FALSE

None

C10 – Q2

Which of the following statements about suspects stopped in the street are FALSE?

Suspects stopped in the street are legally obliged to help police with enquiries

Suspects stopped in the street are not legally obliged to help police with enquiries

A person may be arrested for being silent or misleading under s 25 if the officer has reasonable doubts about the suspect’s name and address

There have been newly enlarged powers of stop and search under s 60 PACE

A person may be arrested for being silent or misleading under s 25 if the officer has reasonable doubts about whether the summons procedure can be used at the address given

C10 – Q3

Match up the following lawful arrests with their meaning

The police lay a written information on oath before a magistrate that a person ‘has, or is suspected of having, committed an offence’ (s 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980)

Where a breach of the peace has been committed and there are reasonable grounds for believing that it will be continued or renewed, or where a breach of the peace is reasonably apprehended

This right to arrest is generally governed by s 24 of PACE 1984

Arrest without warrant at common law

Arrest under warrant

Arrest without warrant under legislation

C10 – Q4

In January 2008, revised PACE Codes of Practice A–E came into force. Match up the Code to what is relates to

Stop and Search

Entry and search of premises

Treatment and questioning in the police station

Identification procedures

Code A

Code C

Code D

Code B

C10 – Q5

A person arrested by a constable, or handed over to one, must be taken to a police station:

as soon as reasonable

without delay

as soon as practicable

Immediately

None

C10 – Q6

Any search involving the removal of more than an outer coat, jacket, gloves, headgear or footwear, or any other item concealing identity, may only be made by an officer who fulfils which criteria?

May only be made by the chief constable on duty at the present time

May only be made in a police station

May only be made if there are at least two officers of the same sex as the person being searched present

Is of the same sex as the person searched

Is not be made in the presence of anyone of the opposite sex unless the person being searched specifically requests it

C10 – Q7

What are the possible remedies for arrest?

An action for damages for false charge

The person, or someone on his behalf, can bring proceedings of habeas corpus

To use the illegality of the detention to argue that any subsequent prosecution should fail

An action for damages for false imprisonment

A judicial review of the detention

C10 – Q8

Police-recorded crime in England and Wales has been rising

TRUE

FALSE

None

C10 – Q9

The British Crime Survey does not cover crimes against those aged under 16

TRUE

FALSE

None

10.

C10 – Q10

If the arrest is not lawful, there is the right to use reasonable force to resist it

TRUE

FALSE

None

11.

C10 – Q11

For there to be an arrest, the arrestor must regard his action as an arrest

TRUE

FALSE

None

12.

C10 – Q12

The scope of s 60 and police powers to stop and search are being incrementally extended through various Acts of Parliament

TRUE

FALSE

None

13.

C10 – Q13

There is no automatic right to search all suspects as a matter of routine

TRUE

FALSE

None

14.

C10 – Q14

What is the name of the face-to-face victimisation survey in which people resident in households in England and Wales are asked about their experiences of crime in the 12 months prior to interview?

The UK National Crime Survey

The British Crime Survey

The British Crime Report

The Annual Crime Report

The UK Database for Crime

None

15.

C10 – Q15

What must the police officer have in order to stop and search a person?

Suspicion beyond reasonable doubt

Suspicion which the ordinary person would have

Plausible suspicion

Reasonable suspicion

None

16.

C10 – Q16

Where there may be religious sensitivities about asking someone to remove headgear using a power under s 45(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000, where should the police officer offer to carry out the search?

Out of public view

At the person’s home

At a place of the person’s choice

At a police station

None

17.

C10 – Q17

Which piece of legislation meant that a person of at least the rank of commander or assistant chief constable, who considered it expedient to do so for the prevention of acts of terrorism, could issue an authorisation specifying a particular area or place?

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005

The Terrorism Act 2000

Terrorism Act 2006

Prevention of Terrorism Act (Northern Ireland)

None

18.

C10 – Q18

The use of force by a member of the public when arresting someone is governed by which section of the Criminal Law Act 1967?

s.2

s.3

s.4

s.5

s.6

None

19.

C10 – Q19

At what moment does an arrest become lawful?

When the arrest has been accepted by the chief constable on duty

When the arrestor informs another office of the arrest

When the arrestor handcuffs the suspect

When the suspect is detained at the police station

When the arrestor informs the suspect of the grounds for arrest

None

20.

C10 – Q20

The Home Secretary is responsible for which of the following?

The Metropolitan Police

Criminal statistics

All criminal law courts

The probation service

The Crown Prosecution Service

21.

C10 – Q21

Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 provides for a stop and search power in anticipation of which of the following?

Violence

Disturbance

Public disorder

Possession of Drugs

None

Time’s up