• General and specific inchoate offences: possession of a knife in a public place is an example of a specific inchoate offence. Endangerment is another example. Burglary is another example, as burglary can be committed without the appropriation of property or any other substantive harm having occurred during the trespass. The general inchoate offences are described as the inchoate offences of attempt, conspiracy and incitement, but they are not self-contained offences. There is no offence of simply “attempt.” Likewise there is no offence of simply “incitement” or “conspiracy.” Rather, attempt, conspiracy and incitement are concepts providing for the construction of offences such as attempted murder, conspiracy to commit theft, incitement to assault, and so on. In light of this it can be suggested that either “inchoate liability” or “inchoate offences” are apt headings under which to group the rules and instructions for the operation of attempt, conspiracy and incitement.