Chapter 6: Criminal Law Terms

4. - Urging the perpetrator to commit a crime without physically helping
6. - Helping a perpetrator commit a crime
9. intent - The desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
11. - An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
12. to common intention - the shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit.
13. Laws - federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare
16. reus - The “guilty act”
17. law - Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punishable by fines
18. - the person who actually commits the crime
20. - legal responsibility for a wrongful action
21. - An awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
23. - the reason a person commits a crime
24. - a state of mind in which someone desires to carry out a wrongful action, knows what the results will be and is reckless regarding to consequences.

1. liability offences - Offences which have no defense possible
2. Negligence - An offense which shows disregard for the lives or safety of others
3. to an offense - those people who are indirectly involved in committing a crime.
4. after the fact - Knowingly assisting someone to evade the police
5. - An act or omission of an act prohibited and punishable by a federal statute
7. rea - A deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences
8. - Consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
10. Law - Laws which punish and prohibit acts that injure individuals, property, and the community
14. - Persuading another person to commit a crime
15. diligence - A defence used stating that the person had taken every precaution possible to avoid being a crime
19. - The offense of intending to commit a crime but is not actually completed
22. Intent - A wrongful act committed for its’ own sake