The Nature of Crime

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Across
  1. 5. the desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
  2. 6. wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death
  3. 9. an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur
  4. 10. consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
  5. 11. the reason a person commits a crime
  6. 12. 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
  7. 13. legal responsibility for a wrongful action
  8. 15. offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defence.
  9. 18. “the guilty mind” demonstrates that the act was intentional, knowing, negligent, reckless, or wilfully blind or a deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences
  10. 21. The defence the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence
  11. 22. a crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence
  12. 23. a crime that is considered less serious and carries a lighter penalty. (Generally fined up to $2000 and/or imprisoned for up to six months)
  13. 25. the person who actually commits the crime
Down
  1. 1. laws federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare
  2. 2. an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur.
  3. 3. the intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not committed.
  4. 4. someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police
  5. 5. offenses that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defence of due diligence (the defence that the accused person took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular crime)
  6. 7. the crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence
  7. 8. a deliberate closing of one’s mind to the possible consequences of one’s actions
  8. 14. the desire to commit a wrongful act, with no ulterior motive or purpose
  9. 16. a crime that is considered less serious and carries a lighter penalty. (Generally fined up to $2000 and/or imprisoned for up to six months)
  10. 17. an awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
  11. 19. a criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime
  12. 20. criminal laws Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level, most often punishable by fines
  13. 24. “the guilty act” the voluntary action, omission, or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code