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