Malek Chapter 6

Question 1

Abetting

Answer 1

Encouraging someone to commit a crime

Question 2

Absolute liability offences

Answer 2

offence does not require mens rea and the accused can offer no other defence

Question 3

accessory after the fact

Answer 3

if he/she knew about the crime and if they assist the criminal afterwards

Question 4

actus reus

Answer 4

guilty act

Question 5

aiding

Answer 5

Helping someone commit a crime

Question 6

attempt

Answer 6

trying to commit a crime even when you don’t finish it

Question 7

conspiracy

Answer 7

when two or more people make a plan to commit a crime

Question 8

counselling

Answer 8

Influencing, advising or persuading or reccomending someone to commit a crime

Question 9

crime

Answer 9

a wrongful act

Question 10

criminal law

Answer 10

laws that punish and prohibit acts that injure people society and property

Question 11

criminal negligence

Answer 11

disregard for safety and lives of others

Question 12

due diligence

Answer 12

taking reasonable precaution to prevent a crime from happening

Question 13

general intent

Answer 13

the desire to commit the wrongful act without any further purpose or motive

Question 14

intent

Answer 14

state of mind in which someone desires to carry out a crime

Question 15

knowledge

Answer 15

being aware of certain facts that can be used to establish mens rea

Question 16

liability

Answer 16

being legally responsible for a crime

Question 17

mens rea

Answer 17

guilty mind

Question 18

motive

Answer 18

reason someone commits the crime

Question 19

parties to an offence

Answer 19

people who are indirectly involved in a crime

Question 20

party to common intention

Answer 20

shared responsibility among criminals for additional offences

Question 21

perpetrator

Answer 21

the person who commits the crime

Question 22

quasi-criminal law

Answer 22

laws that cover less severe offences at the provincial and municipal level

Question 23

recklessness

Answer 23

taking an unjustifiable risk that a normal person would never take

Question 24

regulatory laws

Answer 24

federal and provincial statues meant to protect society

Question 25

specific intent

Answer 25

the desire to commit a wrongful act to accomplish something further.

Question 26

strict liability offences

Answer 26

offences do not need mens rea however the accused can put forward due diligence

Question 27

willful blindness

Answer 27

purposely not thinking about the consequences that could of occur from their own actions