Compléter 294-testVersion en ligne 294-test par Farhad Key 1 notions its appreciate essential covered doing terms law Most students commencing legal studies will have some experience of crime , whether directly , as a victim of crime or indirectly through exposure to media coverage . This means that most offences on the syllabus , such as murder , theft and rape will be familiar terms . This tends to give students the impression that they know more about criminal law than they do about other subjects on the syllabus . This can be a real disadvantage in of the academic study of criminal law because it tends to lead students to rely on preconceived of the nature and scope of the offences and to reach instinctive , but often legally inaccurate , conclusions . It is absolutely to success in criminal that you put aside any prior knowledge of the offences and focus on the principles of law derived from statutes and cases . By this , you will soon just how much difference there is between everyday conceptions of crime and actuality .