Chapter 4 - Proving Guilt

Question 1

Sanction

Question 2

actus reus

Answer 2

A Latin term meaning ‘a guilty act’: the physical element of a crime (i.e. the act itself)

Question 3

mens rea

Question 4

Accessory

Answer 4

A person who does an act to help another person who has committed a serious indictable offence (called the principal offender) to avoid being apprehended, prosecuted, convicted or punished

Question 5

Accused

Answer 5

A person charged with a criminal offence but who has not been found guilty or pleaded guilty

Question 6

Beyond reasonable doubt

Answer 6

the standard of proof in a criminal case. This requires the prosecution to prove there is no reasonable doubt that the accused committed the offence

Question 7

Burden of proof

Answer 7

the obligation (i.e. responsibility) of a party to prove a case. The burden of proof usually rests with the party who initiates the action (i.e. the plaintiff in a civil dispute and the prosecution in a criminal case)

Question 8

Crime

Question 9

Criminal law

Question 10

Indictable offence

Question 11

Presumption of innocence

Question 12

Principal offender

Question 13

Standard of proof

Question 14

Strict liability

Question 15

Summary offence

Question 16

Victimless crime

Question 17

Fine

Question 18

Imprisonment

Question 19

Prosecution

Question 20

Bail

Question 21

doli incapax

Question 22

Parole

Question 23

Crime statistics

Question 24

Cyber-crime

Question 25

Prejudice motivated crime

Question 26

Community correction order (CCO)

Question 27

Guilty plea

Question 28

Royal Commission

Question 28

Bill

Question 28

Organised crime

Question 29

barrister

Question 30

juvenile crime

Question 31

white-collar crime

Question 32

indictable offence heardand determined summarily

Question 33

penalty unit