Offences Against the PersonThe ladder of assault offences, by seriousness.LawOffence and typical requirement.OffenceHarmMental elementAssaultFear of immediate forceIntention or recklessnessBatteryUnlawful force appliedIntention or recklessnessActual bodily harmMore than trivial injuryAs for the assaultGrievous bodily harmReally serious harmRecklessness may sufficeWounding with intentSerious harmSpecific intent requiredEducational reference. Terminology and thresholds arejurisdiction-specific; this shows the general structure only.Offences Against the Personlearnposters.com
Offences Against the Person — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Offences Against the Person poster

A 5-row table: Offence · Harm · Mental element.

Offence and typical requirement.

Educational reference. Terminology and thresholds are jurisdiction-specific; this shows the general structure only.

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What’s on the Offences Against the Person poster?
A 5-row table: Offence · Harm · Mental element. Offence and typical requirement. Assault — Fear of immediate force — Intention or recklessness; Battery — Unlawful force applied — Intention or recklessness; Actual bodily harm — More than trivial injury — As for the assault; Grievous bodily harm — Really serious harm — Recklessness may suffice; Wounding with intent — Serious harm — Specific intent required. Educational reference. Terminology and thresholds are jurisdiction-specific; this shows the general structure only.
Who is the Offences Against the Person poster for?
Offences Against the Person belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning criminal law can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Offences Against the Person poster?
The harm caused and the mental state together determine the offence charged. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Offences Against the Person belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Offences Against the Person?
The Elements of an Offence, Corporate Liability and Defences sit alongside Offences Against the Person in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Elements of an OffenceCorporate LiabilityDefences
Is the Offences Against the Person poster free to download and print?
Yes. Offences Against the Person downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Offences Against the Person poster print at?
Offences Against the Person is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Offences Against the Person loses nothing.Printing guide

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