The Nature of Crime

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Across
  1. 2. a deliberate closing of one's mind to the possible consequences of one's actions
  2. 3. those people who are indirectly involved in committing a crime
  3. 8. laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punishable by fines
  4. 9. the desire to commit a wrongful act, with no ulterior motive or purpose
  5. 10. an awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
  6. 12. wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death
  7. 15. the desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
  8. 16. a state of mind in which someone desires to carry out a wrongful action, knows what the results will be, and is reckless regarding the consequences
  9. 19. the defence that the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence
  10. 21. offences that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defence of due diligence
  11. 24. "the guilty act"-the voluntary action, omission, or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code
  12. 26. the reason a person commits a crime
  13. 27. the intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not completed
Down
  1. 1. offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defence
  2. 4. consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
  3. 5. a criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime
  4. 6. the shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit
  5. 7. someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police
  6. 11. a deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences
  7. 13. legal responsibility for a wrongful action
  8. 14. an agreement between two or more perople to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur
  9. 17. the crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence
  10. 18. a crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence
  11. 20. the person who actually commits the crime
  12. 22. federal or provincial statues meant to protect the public welfare
  13. 23. the body of laws that prohibit and punich acts that injure people, property, and society as a whole
  14. 25. an act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute