Chapter 6 Vocab

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, 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 when the crime is not completed

Question 7

conspiracy

Answer 7

an agreement between two or more people to carry out an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur the shared responsibility among criminals for any additional offences that are committed in the course of the crime they originally intended to commit

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 defence 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 of mind in which someone desires to carry out a wrongful action, knows what the results would be, and is 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.

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 and to which the accused can offer no defence

Question 27

willful blindness

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What is the difference between counseling and abetting?

Answer 28

Counseling is guiding them (new ideas they may not have thought of), abetting them is supporting them (cheerleader)

Question 29

What do we use to establish actus rea?

Answer 29

Stealing guns, the plan, all of the actions they’ve engaged in surrounding this event. Establish evidence of criminal attempt. Dry runs, how fast they could get away from schools. All of these things could be used as evidence against them.