Chapter 6

Question 1

Abetting

Answer 1

Encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence

Question 2

Absolute Liability Offence

Answer 2

Offences that do not require mens era. Also, the accused can offer no defence

Question 3

Accessory after the fact

Answer 3

Someone who knowingly receives, comforts, or assist a perpetrator in escaping from the police

Question 4

Actus Reus

Answer 4

“The guilty act”- voluntary action, omission, or state of being

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 act, even if the act never materializes

Question 8

Counselling

Answer 8

A crime that involves advising, recommending, or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence

Question 9

Crime

Answer 9

An act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute

Question 10

Criminal Law

Answer 10

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

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 ulterior motive

Question 14

Specific Intent

Answer 14

Commit one wrongful action to accomplish another (with an ulterior motive)

Question 15

Intent

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Knowledge

Answer 16

An awareness of certain facts that can be used to establish Mens Rea

Question 17

Liability

Answer 17

Legal responsibility for a wrongful action

Question 18

Mens Rea

Answer 18

“The Guilt Mind”- deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences

Question 19

Motive

Answer 19

The reason a person commits a crime

Question 20

Parties to an offence

Answer 20

Those people who are indirectly involves in committing a crime

Question 21

Party to common intention

Answer 21

The shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit

Question 22

Perpetrator

Answer 22

The person who actually commits the crime

Question 23

Quasi-Criminal Laws

Answer 23

Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level. It is most often punishable by fines

Question 24

Recklessness

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Regulatory Laws

Answer 25

Federal or provincial statutes meant to protect public welfare

Question 26

Strict Liability Offences

Answer 26

Offences that don’t require Mens Rea to prove. But 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