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- 2. the crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence
- 3. offenses that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defence of due diligence (the defence that the accused person took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular crime)
- 6. legal responsibility for a wrongful action
- 8. the intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not committed.
- 9. a crime that is considered less serious and carries a lighter penalty. (Generally fined up to $2000 and/or imprisoned for up to six months)
- 11. a deliberate closing of one’s mind to the possible consequences of one’s actions
- 12. 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
- 13. someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police
- 15. criminal laws Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level, most often punishable by fines
- 16. “the guilty mind” demonstrates that the act was intentional, knowing, negligent, reckless, or wilfully blind or a deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences
- 19. wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death
- 22. “the guilty act” the voluntary action, omission, or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code
- 23. laws federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare
- 24. the person who actually commits the crime
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- 1. a crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence
- 2. offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defence.
- 4. an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur
- 5. the desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
- 7. The defence the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence
- 10. a crime that is considered less serious and carries a lighter penalty. (Generally fined up to $2000 and/or imprisoned for up to six months)
- 13. a criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime
- 14. consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
- 17. an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur.
- 18. an awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
- 20. the reason a person commits a crime
- 21. the desire to commit a wrongful act, with no ulterior motive or purpose