Criminal Law (Unit 3)

Question 1

Criminal Negligence

Answer 1

Wanton or reckless disregard for the lives and safety of others, sometimes causing serious injury or death

Question 2

Recklessness

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Wilful Blindness

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Absolute Liability Offence

Answer 4

Protection from legal action for statements made during legislative or court proceedings

Question 5

Due Diligence

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Perpetrator

Answer 6

The person who actually commits a crime

Question 7

Abetting

Answer 7

The crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence

Question 7

Aiding

Answer 7

Helping the person who actually commits a crime

Question 8

Counselling

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Accessory After the Fact

Answer 9

Knowing a person that has committed a crime and helping them escape.

Question 10

Attempt

Answer 10

The intention to commit a crime, even if the crime is not completed

Question 11

Conspiracy

Answer 11

An agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur

Question 12

Reverse Onus

Answer 12

Shifting the burden of proof to the defence

Question 13

Habeas Corpus

Answer 13

A court order designed to prevent unlawful arrest by ensuring that anyone detained is brought before a court within a reasonable amount of time; Latin for you must have the body.”

Question 14

Summary Offence

Answer 14

A minor offence that carries a relatively light penalty

Question 15

Indictable Offence

Answer 15

A serious crime that carries a heavier penalty than a summary conviction offence

Question 16

Hybrid Offence

Answer 16

An offence that the Crown can try either as a summary or an indictable offence

Question 17

Culpable Homicide

Answer 17

A killing for which the accused can be held legally responsible, such as murder infanticide, or manslaughter

Question 18

Non-Culpable Homicide

Answer 18

A killing for which a person cannot be held legally responsible, such as one that results from an unforeseeable accident

Question 19

1st Degree Murder

Answer 19

A killing that is planned and deliberate, is the result of a contract, causes the death of a peace officer, or occurs during the commission of another serious crime

Question 20

2nd Degree Murder

Answer 20

Any murder that does not fit into one of the four situations listed in the category of first-degree murder

Question 21

Manslaughter

Answer 21

Any culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide

Question 22

Assault

Answer 22

Threatened or actual physical contact without consent; offensive conduct that causes reasonable apprehension of imminent harm in the mind of the intended victim

Question 23

Provocation

Answer 23

Words or actions that could cause a reasonable person to behave irrationally or lose self-control

Question 24

Sexual Assault

Answer 24

An assault that violates a victim’s sexual integrity; usually involves touching of a sexual nature that is not invited or consensual

Question 25

Theft

Answer 25

Taking property permanently or temporarily, without the owner’s permission

Question 26

Colour of Right

Answer 26

The honest belief that a person owns or has permission to use an item

Question 27

Robbery

Answer 27

The theft of personal property through violence or the threat of violence

Question 28

Break and Entering

Answer 28

Breaking into a place without permission in order to commit an indictable offence such as robbery

Question 29

Possession

Answer 29

The state of having knowledge of and control over something