Across
- 3. 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.
- 5. An awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
- 7. those people who are indirectly involved in committing a crime.
- 9. the shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit.
- 11. A defence used stating that the person had taken every precaution possible to avoid being a crime
- 13. legal responsibility for a wrongful action
- 16. Knowingly assisting someone to evade the police
- 17. Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punishable by fines
- 19. Consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
- 20. Laws which punish and prohibit acts that injure individuals, property, and the community
- 24. The offense of intending to commit a crime but is not actually completed
- 25. An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
Down
- 1. Persuading another person to commit a crime
- 2. An offense which shows disregard for the lives or safety of others
- 4. A wrongful act committed for its’ own sake
- 6. An act or omission of an act prohibited and punishable by a federal statute
- 8. Urging the perpetrator to commit a crime without physically helping
- 10. Offences which have no defense possible
- 12. Helping a perpetrator commit a crime
- 14. The desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
- 15. the person who actually commits the crime
- 18. federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare
- 21. A deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences
- 22. The “guilty act”
- 23. the reason a person commits a crime