Chapter 6 The Nature of Crime

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Across
  1. 6. The reason a person commits a crime
  2. 9. Offences that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defence of due diligence.
  3. 12. An agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur.
  4. 15. the desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
  5. 17. A deliberate closing of one’s mind to the possible consequences of one’s actions
  6. 18. The person who actually commits the crime
  7. 20. Thee desire to commit a wrongful act, with no ulterior motive or purpose
  8. 23. A criminal act must be completed in order for a crime to exist. The two major types of incomplete crime: criminal attempt and conspiracy.
  9. 26. The defence that the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence
Down
  1. 1. An awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
  2. 2. Legal responsibility for a wrongful action
  3. 3. The shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally attended to commit.
  4. 4. A deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences.
  5. 5. Someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police.
  6. 7. An act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute
  7. 8. Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punishable by fines
  8. 10. 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.
  9. 11. Wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death.
  10. 13. “the guilty act” - the voluntary action, omission, or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code
  11. 14. Federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare.
  12. 16. The intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not completed.
  13. 19. Consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take.
  14. 21. Law that identifies crimes and prescribes punishments
  15. 22. A crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a crime.
  16. 24. The crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence
  17. 25. A criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime