Coursework Regulations
1 Submission of coursework must be undertaken according to the relevant procedure – whether online or paper-based. Lecturers will give information as to which procedure must be followed, and details of submission procedures and penalty fees can be obtained from Academic Administration or the general student handbook.
2 All coursework must be submitted to the Academic Admin Office and a receipt must be obtained. Under no circumstances can other College staff accept them. Please check the Academic Admin Office opening hours.
3 Late coursework will be accepted by Academic Admin Office and marked according to the guidelines given in your Student Handbook for this year.
4 If you need an extension (even for one day) for a valid reason, you must request one, using a coursework extension request form available from the Academic Admin Office. Do not ask the lecturers responsible for the course – they are not authorised to award an extension. The completed form must be accompanied by evidence such as a medical certificate in the event of you being sick.
5 General guidelines for submission of coursework:
a) All work must be word-processed and must be of “good” standard.
b) Document margins shall not be more than 2.5cm or less than 1.5cm
c) Font size in the range of 11 to 14 points distributed to including headings and body text. Preferred typeface to be of a common standard such as Arial or Times New Roman for the main text.
d) Any computer files generated such as program code (software), graphic files that form part of the course work must be submitted either online with the documentation or on a CD for paper submissions.
e) The copy of the course work submitted may not be returned to you after marking and you are advised to have your personal copy for your reference.
f) All work completed, including any software constructed may not be used for any purpose other than the purpose of intended study without prior written permission from St Patrick’s International College.
Remember to keep your coursework receipt.
Assessment Criteria
Outcomes Assessment requirements*
To achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate the ability to:
1. Understand, recognise and explain offences of homicide defences thereto. a. Understand and explain murder and manslaughter in overall
terms.
b.Distinguish between the mens rea of murder and manslaughter.
c.Understand the available defences to murder and manslaughter.
d.Demonstrate a thorough familiarity with relevant case law.
2.Understand, recognise and explain non fatal offences against the person. a.Understand and explain in overall terms common assault, actual
bodily harm and grievous bodily harm.
b. Identify the distinctions between common assault actual and grievous bodily harm.
c.Recognise the circumstances where a defence may be available to common assault, actual and grievous bodily harm.
d.Demonstrate a thorough familiarity with relevant case law.
3. Understand, recognise and explain the ingredients of specific property offences involving dishonesty. a.Understand and be able to identify and explain in an overall way theft and deception.
b. Understand and explain the mens rea and actus reus of theft and deception offences.
c. Understand and explain the mens rea and actus reus of robbery, burglary and blackmail.
d. Demonstrate a thorough familiarity with relevant case law.
4. Understand, recognise and explain the ingredients of specific property offences involving damage to property. a. Understand and explain in general terms criminal damage and arson.
b. Understand and explain the mens rea and actus reus of criminal damage and arson.
c. Demonstrate a thorough familiarity with relevant case law.
Merit descriptors Indicative characteristics Contextualised Indicative characteristics ?
M1
Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions
• effective judgments have been made
• complex problems with more than one variable have been explored
• an effective approach to study and research has been applied
See separate sheet for indicative contextualized characteristics
M2 Select/design and apply appropriate methods/ techniques • relevant theories and techniques have been applied
• a range of methods and techniques have been applied
• a range of sources of information has been used
• the selection of methods and techniques/sources has been justified
• the design of methods/techniques has been justified
• complex information/data has been synthesised and processed
• appropriate learning methods/techniques have been applied
See separate sheet for indicative contextualized characteristics
M3 Present and communicate appropriate findings • the appropriate structure and approach has been used
• coherent, logical development of principles/concepts for the intended audience
• a range of methods of presentation have been used and technical language has been accurately used
• communication has taken place in familiar and unfamiliar contexts
• the communication is appropriate for familiar and unfamiliar audiences and appropriate media have been used See separate sheet for indicative contextualized characteristics
Distinction Descriptors Indicative characteristics Contextualised Indicative characteristics ?
D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions • conclusions have been arrived at through synthesis of ideas and have been justified
• the validity of results has been evaluated using defined criteria
• self-criticism of approach has taken place
• realistic improvements have been proposed against defined characteristics for success See separate sheet for indicative contextualized characteristics
D2 Take responsibility for managing and organising activities • autonomy/independence has been demonstrated
• substantial activities, projects or investigations have been planned, managed and organised
• activities have been managed
• the unforeseen has been accommodated
• the importance of interdependence has been recognised and achieved See separate sheet for indicative contextualized characteristics
D3 Demonstrate convergent/ lateral/creative thinking • ideas have been generated and decisions taken
• self-evaluation has taken place
• convergent and lateral thinking have been applied
• problems have been solved
• innovation and creative thought have been applied
• receptiveness to new ideas is evident
• effective thinking has taken place in unfamiliar contexts See separate sheet for indicative contextualized characteristics
Question 1
Andrew has been working for Scrooge & Co for 25 years and is approaching retirement age. He is due to retire in 18 months when he will be 65 years old. He is attempting to negotiate earlier retirement with his line manager Jim but Jim is not prepared to allow him to leave until he reaches retirement age. Jim tells Andrew that if he waits until he reaches 65 he will get an additional payment of £7,000.00 in his retirement package.
When the time comes for Andrew to leave he has a small leaving party thrown for him by his work colleagues although Jim is conspicuous by his absence. The party goes on for about 4 hours during which time Andrew, who is upset and somewhat emotional at leaving his work friends drinks a fair amount and twice falls over – once into the display of flowers arranged for him and once into the Punch Bowl which falls to the ground and smashes covering part of the floor with a sticky rum punch.
After the party he goes to the Account’s Department to pick up his final pay slip together with his cheque for £7,000.00. The cashier in the Account’s Department gives him the pay slip but tells him there is no cheque as this has not been approved by Jim. Andrew becomes angry on hearing this and asks where Jim is. The cashier does not know and so Andrew runs into the car park and begins to kick Jim’s car which sets off the car alarm. Jim hears the alarm and looks out of his office window to see Andrew jumping up and down in a frenzy.
Jim begins to laugh and when Andrew sees this he runs back into the building and up to Jim’s office and demand’s to know why he has not been given his cheque. Jim, while still laughing, told Andrew that hard financial times meant that only management were receiving an additional payment on retirement. Andrew, who had already paid for a cruise in anticipation of his receiving a cheque on leaving Scrooge & Co grabbed the nearest thing he could find – a heavy brass paperweight on Jim’s desk – and threw it towards Jim. The weight hit Jim on the forehead causing Jim to fall forward hitting the floor hard and dying within 15 minutes.
Discuss Andrew’s potential liability for homicide.
[Learning Outcome 1 : Assessment Criteria 1(a),(b),(c) and (d)]
Question 2
The House of Lords decided in Brown (Anthony Joseph) [1994] 1 AC 212 that consent could operate as a defence in certain cases where harm was inflicted intentionally on an individual but that the extent of the defence was limited.
(a) To what extent might consent operate as a defence to offences under sections 18, 20 and 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and assault under the Common Law?
(b) To what extent [apart from the circumstances discussed in relation to (a)] will the law not prosecute those inflicting intentional harm on others?
[Learning Outcome 2 : Assessment Criteria 2(a),(b),(c) and (d)]
Question 3
Mahmood manages a local 24 hour convenience store. He has worked there for 3 years. He works many hours and does not think his employer pays him enough and he has asked for a pay rise three times and on each occasion his employer – Abdul – has refused to increase his pay.
Mahmood decides to make some money by swapping the price labels on a variety of goods and replacing them with higher priced labels and then charging the customer the new higher price and pocketing the difference between the true price and the higher false price. He does this for several weeks after which he has profited £12,756.00. With this extra cash he decides to take some of his friends on holiday. One of his friends – Victor – who also works in the shop and gets paid the same as Mahmood wonders how Mahmood can afford such a holiday and Mahmood tells him about the price labeling scam.
Whilst Mahmood and Victor are only holiday Abdul is short staffed as he does not want to pay for extra staff and so he tries to run the shop on his own. This becomes known to a local unemployed man known as 10% who decides that given Abdul is 65 years old and cannot move around too quickly there is a high chance that he would be a soft target.
One night when the shop is closed 10% goes to the premises and enters the shop through a door that Abdul has forgotten to lock. 10% fills a shopping trolley with a variety of goods worth around £500.00 and pushes the trolley towards the exit door through which he had entered the shop. As he passes the alcohol section of the shop he accidentally brushes the trolley against a number of badly stacked wine bottles which fall from the shelf making such a noise that Abdul who sleeps in a flat above the shop is woken up and comes down to the shop with a torch to see what is going on.
Abdul shouts out at 10% who starts to run towards the exit door and in the process knocks Abdul over. 10% searches Abdul grabbing his wallet from him as he runs out of the shop pushing the trolley and escaping into the night.
When Mahmood and Victor return from holiday Abdul tells them about 10% and they pretend to be upset and concerned. In fact they are nothing of the sort and plan independently to take advantage of the situation.
Abdul completes and insurance claim form and sends it to Abduls insurance company pretending to be Abdul and claiming £1,000.00 in respect of the goods taken by 10%.
Victor tells Mahmood that if he does not give him £300.00 he will tell Abdul about the scam with the label swapping.
Discuss the potential criminal liability of the parties.
[Learning Outcome 3 : Assessment Criteria 3(a) (b)(c) and (d)]
Question 4
Leroy has been clubbing all night and is trying to get home. There are no late running trains and he has missed the last bus home. He decides to walk the three miles back to his flat. He makes little progress and after walking half a mile he decides to sleep in a bus shelter and wait for the early morning bus. It is a cold night and Leroy has no coat. He is wearing his clubbing gear – white vest, velvet jacket and leather trousers and has nothing to keep him particularly warm and so he decides to hunt around for something to keep him warm.
He spots a large wheelie bin in a nearby driveway to a house and thinks that if he could turn the bin on its side he could sleep in it and get some shelter from the wind that has picked up and the rain which has started to fall gently but persistently. He lies in the bin for about half an hour but cannot get comfortable and is, in any event put off by the smell of the bin.
He decides to try and walk further towards his flat but after another mile is feeling really cold. He goes into the back garden of a house and enters a garden shed after forcing open the locked shed door. In the shed there is a lawn mower and some old garden tools. There is also a packet of barbeque firelighters and Leroy has the idea of lighting the firelighters to keep him warm. He puts some of the fire lighters in a metal bucket to contain the fire and stop it spreading and he lights the fire bricks. Unfortunately and unknown to Leroy there is some lawn mower fuel (petrol) in the bottom of the metal bucket and when Leroy lights the firelighters the fuel ignites and burns the shed down.
Leroy sustains superficial burns but escapes and jumps into a passing taxi which takes him home.
Discuss the possible criminal liability of Leroy.
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