Crime Assignment

Assignment Brief

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Crime 1 assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcome 1: After completing the module, you should be able to:

Explain the principles of criminal law
Evaluate criminal liability

Analyse the rights of a suspect in the police station

Apply the law to authentic simulated scenarios.
Graduate Attribute: Professional Skills

Guidance

Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and the exact word count of your submitted document; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in OSCOLA system(s).

You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

Assignment Task

You are a solicitor working for Arden LLP. You are on call to attend Arden Town police station for the next 24 hours. The custody sergeant contacts you, saying that Terry Jeffries is in custody and has asked you to represent him. You attend the police station and respond to all the issues arising there. You record all your actions and reasoning in an attendance note using the Arden LLP template [Item 1]. You spend 4 hours at the police station.

You have been provided with the following information:
Attendance note template [Item 1]
Custody record [Item 2]
Transcript of OIC disclosure [Item 3]
Transcript of client instructions [item 4]
Transcript of police interview [item 5]

This assignment consists of THREE tasks, Task 1, 2 and 3. You must complete ALL tasks.

All tasks must be completed in the attendance note [Item 1]. You must only submit one attendance note. In the attendance note, clearly indicate where each new task starts. Get Homework Help Now!

Your attendance note should be fully referenced using OSCOLA referencing system.

Task 1

Read the custody record [Item 2]
In the attendance note [Item 1] explain issues which arise from your reading the custody record.

You should give full reasons for your answers including supporting law.

Task 2

Read the transcript of the OIC disclosure [item 3]
Read the transcript of the client instructions [item 4]
In the attendance note [item 1], under your answer to Task 1, record your advice to Terry Jeffries which sets out:
The elements of the arrested offence and whether they have been met
Applicable defences
Whether the client should answer questions in police interview.

You should give full reasons for your answers including supporting law.

Task 3

Read the transcript of the police interview [item 5].
In the attendance note [item 1], under your answer to Task 2 record:
why you intervened in the police interview; and
explain any other issues in the police interview and why you did not intervene.
You should give full reasons for your answers including supporting law.