Chapter 6 Key Terms

2. “the guilty act” – the voluntary action, omission, or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code
4. the shared responsibility among criminals for an additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit
7. The body of laws that prohibit and punish acts that injure people. Property, and society as a whole
9. legal responsibility for a wrongful action
11. the reason a person commits a crime
12. a deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences
14. those people who are indirectly involved in committing a crime
16. the defense that the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence
18. Offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defense
21. an awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
23. an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur
24. a criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime
25. After the fact- someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police

1. a state of mind which someone desires to carry out a wrongful action, knows what the results will be, and is reckless regarding the consequences
3. offences that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defense of due diligence
4. the person who actually commits the crime
5. consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
6. Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial level; most often punishable by fines
8. the desire to commit a wrongful act, with no ulterior motive or purpose
10. wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death
13. federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare
15. The crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence
17. a deliberate closing of one’s mind to the possible consequences of one’s actions
18. the intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not completed
19. the desire to commit one wrong act for the sake of accomplishing another
20. a crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence
22. An act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute