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8 Cards in this Set
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ADVANTAGE - justice is served |
-means if all 4 elements are satisfied d is convicted -fair as d has committed 2 crimes theft + non fatal |
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ADVANTAGE - wide ranging |
-ppl can be convicted if use force or threaten force -closes loopholes and takes affect on victim into account |
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ADVANTAGE - timing is interpreted in diff ways |
-means force normally has to occur before or at time but court allow continuing -fair as stops d getting away with force after theft |
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ADVANTAGE - it is certain |
-means law is covered under s8 so is certain for judges to follow -good because lawyers and. citizens can predict outcome |
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DISADVANTAGE - too wide |
-means d can be guilty even if they don’t touch v so could be unfair -robbery is an indictable offence so can carry serious punishment even when v has only been nudged |
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DISADVANTAGE - sentencing is unfair |
-robbery carries up to life and can be anything from push to armed robbery -research shows there is less serious robbery now and more just phone robbery |
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DISADVANTAGE - inconsistent |
-for theft it is instant the minute u touch item but for robbery theft can be continuing so is confusing -difficult to predict outcome and jury usually decide |
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DISADVANTAGE - lack of definition |
-most parts of robbery not defined so judges have to define them -undemocratic as judges are not elected so goes against sovereignty |
