1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. In which section of the Theft Act 1968 is “dishonesty” defined? | answer1 |
2. Which property offence features in almost all paper 4 exam questions? | answer2 |
3. How is it (in legal terms) possible to steal a railway station? | answer3 |
4. Which – fairly obvious – ulterior offence does not necessarily form part of a burglary? | answer4 |
5. Why are examiners fond of including rubbish in skips and bins in theft and criminal damage scenarios? | answer5 |
6. Which of the property offences we have studied does NOT include a requirement for dishonesty? | answer6 |
7. What additional mens rea element is required to turn theft into robbery? | answer7 |
8. What is the fundamental difference between a s9(1)(a) burglary and a s9(1)(b) burglary? | answer8 |
9. How do the ulterior offences for s9(1)(a) and s9(1)(b) differ? | answer9 |
10. Why are examiners fond of including sheds, garages, and multi-storey car parks in burglary scenarios? | answer10 |
11. Exam candidates often lose marks by confusing blackmail with which defence? | answer11 |
12. How did Parkes gain form his blackmail? | answer12 |
13. Which offence should automatically lead you to also consider aggravated criminal damage? | answer13 |
14. How does the definition of “property” in the Criminal Damage Act 1971 differ from that in the Theft Act 1968? | answer14 |
15. Is it possible to commit any form of criminal damage on your own property? | answer15 |
16. Which defence applies ONLY to basic criminal damage? | answer16 |
17. Examiners often include destruction of property to preserve life in exam scenarios. Why? | answer17 |
18. Examiners like to include situations where a defendant obtains services honestly, but later decides to avoid payment. Why? | answer18 |
19. Why do examiners seem to be obsessed with internet fraud and dodgy coins in vending machines? | answer19 |
20. When might lying to your parents amount to a crime? | answer20 |
21. How does making off without payment differ from theft? | answer21 |
22. What does “makes off from the spot” actually mean? | answer22 |
23. What must you take care to avoid when answering a property question which includes the defence of self defence/ prevention of crime? | answer23 |
24. In an exam scenario, if a defendant is intoxicated, and mistakenly believes he has been threatened, what should you do? | answer24 |
25. In an exam scenario, if the defendant is drunk, but clearly under duress, what should you do? | answer25 |
26. Haha suckers! You didn\'t think I\'d make it THAT easy did you? | Fake1 |
27. Nope, sorry, this one\'s a fake too. The rest are real though... honest! | fake2 |
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