Chapter 6

Question 1

abettinng

Answer 1

the crime of encouraging a perpetrator to commit an offence

Question 2

absolute liability offence

Answer 2

offences that do not require mens rea and to which the accused can offer no defense

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” a voluntary action, omission 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 if the crime is not commited

Question 7

conspiracy

Answer 7

an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if the act is not commited

Question 8

counselling

Answer 8

a crime that involves advising, recommending, our persuading a perpetrator to commit a criminal offence

Question 9

crime

Answer 9

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

Question 10

criminal law

Answer 10

a category of public law that prohibits and punishes behavior that injures people, property and society

Question 11

criminal negligence

Answer 11

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

Question 12

due dilegence

Answer 12

the defense that the accused took every necessary precaution to avoid committing a crime

Question 13

general intent

Answer 13

the desire to commit a wrongful act for its own sake, with no ulterior motives or purposes

Question 14

intent

Answer 14

a state of mind in which someone desires to carry out a wrongful action, knows the results and is reckless regarding 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

“guilty mind” intention to commit a criminal act

Question 18

motive

Answer 18

the reason a person commits a crime

Question 19

parties to an offence

Answer 19

people indirectly involved in committing a crime

Question 20

party to a common intention

Answer 20

the shared responsibility among criminals for additional offences committed in the course of an original crime

Question 21

perpetrator

Answer 21

person actually committing a crime

Question 22

quasi-criminal laws

Answer 22

laws covering less serious offences at provincial or municipal level, most often punishable by fine

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 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

in criminal law, offences that do not require mens rea, the accused offers due diligence

Question 27

willful blindness

Answer 27

a deliberate closing of the mind to the possible consequences of ones action