Across
- 2. a state of mind in which someone desires to carry out a wrongful action
- 3. Liability Offences offences that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defense or due diligence
- 4. Intent the desire to commit a wrongful act, with ulterior motive or purpose
- 5. Reus to commit an illegal act
- 8. Laws federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare
- 9. Offences a serious criminal offence and is given 3 choices of a penalty
- 13. the reason a person commits a crime
- 14. blindness a deliberate closing of ones mind to the possible consequences of ones actions
- 15. Offence a minor offence that carries a relatively light penalty
Down
- 1. an awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
- 3. Intent the desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
- 6. legal responsibility for a wrongful action
- 7. Offences a criminal offence of which the prosecutor has the option of charging as an offence punishable by summary conviction or indictable offence
- 8. consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
- 10. Diligence the defense that the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence
- 11. Negligence reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing injury or death
- 12. Rea to intent to commit a crime