Chapter 6 Flashcards
Intent
Doing something with motivation
Knowledge
The state or fact of knowing
Liability
Something for which one responsible or liable for
Mens Rea
Criminal intention or knowledge that an act is wrong
Motive
The reason someone does something
Parties to an offence
People indirectly involved in committing a crime
Party of common intention
This is when a group of people have a very strict plan and one person goes of the rails of that plan, this just means that the people who were staying on tract can unfortunately still be charged with the offence that the other person committed.
Perpetrator
To be responsible or to commit a crime
Quasi-criminal laws
Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punished by fines.
Recklessness
consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take
Regulatory Law
Federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare
specific intent
‘The desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another
Strict liability offences
in criminal law, offences that do not require mens rea; the accused offers the defense of due diligence
Willful blindness
A deliberate closing of one’s mind to the possible consequences of one’s actions
