Across
- 4. wrongful act
- 6. crimes committed negligently
- 7. conscious intentions at the time of the crime
- 9. damage caused by crime
- 13. Literally, the body of the crime. Figuratively, one of the things that a prosecutor must prove to show that a crime has been committed. For example, it is not enough that someone confesses to a crime without some other independent evidence that a crime took place. That evidence does not, however, have to be extensive.
- 15. crimes committed knowingly
- 16. require only actus reus
- 17. one person held responsible for another’s actions
- 18. liability legal concept that holds employers responsible for crimes resulting from their employees’ actions
- 19. legal concept that holds parents responsible for the actions of minor children
- 20. “let the superior reply,” holds those in authority responsible for the actions of people acting on their behalf
- 22. the intent to commit an action only, without intending a specific result
- 23. requirement that the act must cause the harm
Down
- 1. crimes committed recklessly
- 2. willful or wanton acts
- 3. wrongful mind
- 5. a crime must be voluntary
- 8. intent transferred from an intended to an unintended victim, or bystander
- 10. incomplete crimes.
- 11. the specific result intended by an act
- 12. theory that an action is not a crime unless it is prohibited by law and assigned a punishment by the state
- 14. dominion or control over property
- 21. wrong against society or the public interest