Criminal Offencese Flashcards
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Law 12: Criminal Offences - Vocab
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Name: Ferd
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- Summary Conviction offence: a crime that is considered Lev SeriouS and carries
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a lighter penalty
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- Indictable offence: a more SeviOus crime that carries a heavier penalty
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- Hybrid/dual offence: an offence that the Crown can try either as a summary or
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indictable offence
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- Homicide: the Killing
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_ of another human being
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either directly or indirectly
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- Culpable homicide: a killing for which the accused can be held Le gall y responsible
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- Non culpable homicide: a killing for which the accused _Can be held legally
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responsible
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- Murder: the intentional
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_killing of another human being
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First degree murder: a killing that is Planned and deliberate
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is contracted
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causes the death of a peace officer or is committed during another serious crime
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- Second degree murder: any murder not classified as it degree
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- Manslaughter: any culpable Tom iude not classified as murder or infanticide
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- Assault: threatened or actual physical
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_ contact without consent
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- Assault with a weapon/causing bodily harm: injuring a person in a way that has serious
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consequenti
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for the victim’s health or comfort
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- Aggravated assault: wounding
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maiming
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14. Sexual assault: touching of a sexual nature that is not Invits or consensual
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15. Sexual assault with a weapon/causing bodily harm/threats to a third party: a form of sexual
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assault that involved the use of weapony
threats or physical injury
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16. Aggravated sexual assault: sexual assault that involves Laodling
maiming
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endangering the life of a victim
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17. Suicide: not a criminal crime in Canada since
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1 972 but a person aiding or abets
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another can be charged with an indictable offence.
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