Across
- 3. Consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
- 5. Federal/Provincial Statutes meant to protect the public
- 9. An illegal act
- 10. An awareness of certain facts - often used to help establish mens rea
- 11. The laws that prohibit/punish illegal acts that harm society as a whole
- 12. “Guilty Act” the physical action of a crime (Can also be an omission of an action)
- 13. If many people are involved in a crime but one person commits a different crime during the process all parties can be charged because they are _____
- 15. The state of mind in which someone desires to carry out an act fully knowing what the repercussions will be and disregards the consequences.
- 17. Committing a crime to accomplish something else - to have an ulterior motive
- 22. Offences where mens rea does not need to be proven and there is no defence
- 23. Specific and reckless disregard for life/safety of others, often causing injury or death
- 24. The intention of committing a crime for the sake of the crime - no ulterior motives
- 25. Encouraging someone to commit a crime, egging them on
- 26. An agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act
- 27. Trying to commit a crime but failing (still an indictable offence)
Down
- 1. Helping someone commit a crime
- 2. Laws dealing with less serious offences, tried at provincial/municipal level and sentence is often a fine
- 4. Offences that do not require mens rea but that can use the defence of due dilligence
- 6. Someone who helps those who have committed a crime escape the police/capture
- 7. Legal responsibility
- 8. Deliberately closing one’s mind to knowledge/consequences of one’s actions.
- 14. “Guilty Mind”
- 16. That one took every reasonable precaution - defence that can be used in strict liability offences
- 18. Advising someone on the best way to commit a crime (potentially providing tools or information)
- 19. Why someone commits a crime
- 20. All the different people involved in a crime
- 21. The person (or people) who actually commit the crime.