Vocabulary chapter 6

Question 1

Abetting

Answer 1

The crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence.

Question 2

Absolute liability offences

Answer 2

Offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defence.

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

“The guilty act” - the voluntary action, 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 b/w 2 or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur.

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

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.

Question 12

Due diligence

Answer 12

The defense 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 or purpose.

Question 14

Intent

Answer 14

A state in mind in which someone desires to carry out a wrongful action, knows what the results will be, and reckless regarding the 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 the consequences.

Question 18

Motive

Answer 18

The reason a person commits a crime.

Question 19

Parties to an offence

Answer 19

Those 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.

Question 21

Perpetrator

Answer 21

The person who actually commits the crime.

Question 22

Quasi-criminal laws

Answer 22

Laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punishable by fines (Highway traffic act, Liquor control act.)

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.

Question 25

Specific intent

Answer 25

The desire to commit one wrongful act for the sake of accomplishing another.

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

Willful blindness

Answer 27

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