Chapter 5: The Criminal Code

Question 1

homicide

Answer 1

killing another human being, directly or indirectly

Question 2

murder

Answer 2

intentional homicide (killing of another person); recognized as having two classes: first-degree murder and second-degree murder

Question 3

manslaughter

Answer 3

homicide, or the killing of another person, by committing an unlawful act and with only general intent (ex. speeding and killing a pedestrian, giving a lethal punch in a sudden, provoked brawl)

Question 4

infanticide

Answer 4

the killing of an infant shortly after birth by the mother as she is not fully recovered from the effects of giving birth (ex. post-partum depression) and her mind is disturbed

Question 5

culpable homicide

Answer 5

blamable or criminal homicide, as in murder, manslaughter; infanticide

Question 6

non-culpable homicide

Answer 6

homicide that is not criminal, but caused completely by accident or in self-defence

Question 7

first-degree murder

Answer 7

the killing of another person that is planned and deliberate, in which the victim is a law enforcement agent, or that is related to committing or attempting other crimes that are particularly offensive to society (ex. hostage taking, sexual assault, hijacking an airplane)

Question 8

second-degree murder

Answer 8

intentional homicide that does not meet the conditions of first-degree murder

Question 9

causation

Answer 9

the fact of being the producer (cause) of an effect, result, or consequence (ex. the cause of death); an important principle in murder trials; in civil law, one of the elements that must be proven in a negligence action

Question 10

euthanasia

Answer 10

acting to end another’s life painlessly as an act of mercy; often committed when the victim is suffering from an incurable and disabling disease; sometimes called mercy killing

Question 11

assault

Answer 11

in criminal law, the term for three levels of assault (assault, assault causing bodily harm, aggravated assault); first level of assault = the threat of, or actual, physical contact without consent or approaching/blocking a person while openly carrying a real/imitation weapon; in tort law, the threat of danger or violence (rather than any actual contact, which is called battery in tort law)

Question 12

assault causing bodily harm

Answer 12

the second of three levels of assault in criminal law; assault that interferes with the victim’s health or comfort in significant way (not a minor hurt or injury) or assault involving a real, threatened, or imitation weapon

Question 13

aggravated assault

Answer 13

the third, most serious of three levels of assault in criminal law; assault that wounds, maims, disfigures, or endangers the life of the victim

Question 14

sexual assault

Answer 14

the broad term for the three levels of sexual assault (the most serious of which is aggravated sexual assault), which parallel those for assault; combining the former offences of rape and indecent assault; also, the first level of sexual assault, which is defined as the first level of assault by involving sexual conduct

Question 15

aggravated sexual assault

Answer 15

the third, most serious of three levels of sexual assault; sexual assault that wounds, maims, disfigures, or endangers the life of the victim

Question 16

procure

Answer 16

to obtain or get, as in to obtain a person for prostitution; pimping

Question 17

incest

Answer 17

sexual intercourse with a person knowing that he or she is a close blood relative (ex. child, grandchild, brother, half-sister)

Question 18

abduction

Answer 18

the illegal, forced removal of an unmarried person under age 16 from the person who has lawful care of the child (ex. the custodial parent)

Question 19

enticing

Answer 19

the illegal luring or attracting of a child under the age or 14

Question 20

robbery

Answer 20

theft accomplished by means of force or fear (ex. assault with intent to steal; stealing while armed with an offensive weapon or imitation of a weapon)