Chapter 6

Question 1

Abetting

Answer 1

the crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence (cheerleader)

Question 2

Absolute liability offences

Answer 2

offences that don’t require mens rea and have no defence possible

Question 3

Accessory after the fact

Answer 3

someone who knowingly receives, comforts or assists a perpetrator in escaping from the police

Question 4

Actus Reus

Answer 4

latin for “the guilty act”, the voluntary action, omission or state of being that is forbidden by the Criminal Code

Question 5

Aiding

Answer 5

a criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime

Question 6

Attempt

Answer 6

the intention to commit a crime, even when the crime is not completed

Question 7

Conspiracy

Answer 7

an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act doesn’t occur (same as attempt except between multiple people and easier to prove)

Question 8

Counselling

Answer 8

a crime that involves advising, recommending or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence (puppet master)

Question 9

Crime

Answer 9

an action or a lack of action that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute

Question 10

Criminal law

Answer 10

the body of laws that prohibit and punish acts that injure people, property and society as a whole

Question 11

Criminal negligence

Answer 11

wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death, different than recklessness because it’s a failure to perform a duty to society

Question 12

Due diligence

Answer 12

the defence that the accused took every reasonable precaution to avoid committing a particular offence

Question 13

General intent

Answer 13

the desire to commit a wrongful act, with no other motive or purpose

Question 14

Intent

Answer 14

a state of mind in which someone desires to carry out a wrongful act, knows what the results will be and is reckless regarding consequences

Question 15

Knowledge

Answer 15

an awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea

Question 16

Liability

Answer 16

legal responsibility for a wrongful action

Question 17

Mens Rea

Answer 17

a deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for consequences, can be established through WINKR

Question 18

Motive

Answer 18

the reason a person commits a crime

Question 19

Parties to an offence

Answer 19

people who are indirectly involved in committing a crime

Question 20

Party to common intention

Answer 20

the shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit (two guys plan to do a robbery, one kills a civilian in the process, both can be charged with murder)

Question 21

Perpetrator

Answer 21

the person who actually commits the crime

Question 22

Quasi-criminal laws

Answer 22

laws that cover less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level, most often punishable by fines

Question 23

Recklessness

Answer 23

consciously taking an unjustifiable risk that a reasonable person would not take

Question 24

Regulatory laws

Answer 24

federal or provincial statutes meant to protect the public welfare, do not have mens rea aspect if broken

Question 25

Specific intent

Answer 25

the desire to commit a wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another (ex. if Jack hits me with the hopes of knocking me out and stealing my wallet, Jack had specific intent to rob me)

Question 26

Strict liability offences

Answer 26

offences that do not require mens rea but to which the accused can offer the defence of due diligence

Question 27

Wilful blindness

Answer 27

a deliberate closing of one’s mind to the possible consequences of one’s actions