The Nature of Crime

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Across
  1. 1. the reason a person commits a crime
  2. 2. the person who actually commits the crime
  3. 4. the shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit
  4. 6. laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punishable by fines
  5. 8. the defence that the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence
  6. 10. legal responsibility for a wrongful action
  7. 12. an act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute
  8. 14. "the guilty act"-the voluntary action, omission, or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code
  9. 15. offences that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defence of due diligence
  10. 19. federal or provincial statues meant to protect the public welfare
  11. 20. an agreement between two or more perople to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur
  12. 21. the intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not completed
  13. 23. wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death
  14. 25. a criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime
  15. 26. the crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence
Down
  1. 1. a deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences
  2. 3. offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defence
  3. 5. a deliberate closing of one's mind to the possible consequences of one's actions
  4. 7. the body of laws that prohibit and punich acts that injure people, property, and society as a whole
  5. 9. someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police
  6. 11. those people who are indirectly involved in committing a crime
  7. 13. the desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
  8. 16. consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
  9. 17. 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
  10. 18. a crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence
  11. 22. an awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea
  12. 24. the desire to commit a wrongful act, with no ulterior motive or purpose