Elements of a crime

2. A criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime.
6. The intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not completed.
8. negligence Wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death.
10. rea A deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, whith reckless disregard for the consequences.
13. An agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur.
17. Consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take.
18. reus "The guilty act" - the voluntary action, omission, or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code.
20. diligence The defence that the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence.
21. An act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute.
22. liability offences: Offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defence.
23. liability offences Offences that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defence of due diligence.
24. The crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence.

1. 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.
3. intent The desire to commit a wrongful act, with no ulterior motive or purpose.
4. to an offence Those people who are indirectly involved in committing a crime.
5. The reason a person commits a crime.
7. 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.
9. after the fact: Someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police.
11. Legal responsibility for a wrongful action.
12. intent The desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another.
13. A crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence.
14. laws Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level, most often punishable by fines.
15. laws Federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare.
16. The person who actually commits the crime.
19. An awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea.