HSC Legal Studies Section I: multiple choice on Crime and Human rights
Twenty marks of objective-response questions, all on the core: 15 marks from Crime and 5 from Human rights. Questions may refer to a short scenario or other stimulus.
Marks
20, objective response
Crime
15 marks
Human rights
5 marks
Stimulus
Questions may refer to it
How to work a question
Read the stem and any scenario first, and say to yourself what stage of the process or what kind of right it is about before you look at the options.
Rule out options that describe a different stage, a different court or a different kind of law, even when every word in them is true.
When two options both sound right, choose the one that answers the exact question asked, not the one that is true in general.
Where the marks are
Three quarters of Section I is Crime, from the nature of crime and the investigation process through trial, sentencing, young offenders and international crime. Precise terms win these marks: know what each stage is for and who decides what at that stage.
Try 3 questions
Question 1
In a hypothetical NSW case, a police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that Kai has just stolen a bicycle. Kai gives his correct name and address and hands the bicycle back. The officer arrests him anyway, saying an arrest will teach him a lesson. Under s 99(1) of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW), why is the arrest open to challenge?
Question 2
A judge says that the sentence must discourage other people from committing the same kind of offence. Which purpose of punishment is the judge relying on?