CRM1300 Mid-term Test with Questions Solved
100% Correct
Summary offences - Answer Criminal offences that are minor in nature and carry
consequences much less severe (usually served in provincial facility for max. of 6mths
and fine of $2k)
Indictable offence - Answer Very serious criminal offence
Specific intent - Answer Accused had intent to produce further/additional consequence
General intent - Answer Meaning to commit crime
Intent - Answer To carry out crime with knowledge
Motive - Answer Reason for committing crime
Reason motive can be useful in court - Answer Gives evidence of intent
Commission - Answer Could be present in actus reus... is the presence of an act (ie.
assault)
Omission - Answer Could be included in actus reus... Failure to act
Excuse defenses - Answer When defendant admits to the criminal act but argues he or
she cannot be held responsible
,5 excuse defenses - Answer Age
Mental disorder
Automatism
Mistake of fact
Mistake of law
Excuse defense: Age - Answer Rests on ability to formulate required intent
3 Age based stages of criminal responsibility - Answer - Children > 12 = no criminal
responsibility
- Youth 12-17 = limited criminal responsibility
- Adults 18+ = full criminal responsibility
Excuse defense: mental disorder - Answer Excuse that accused lacks mens rea & is
incapable of appreciating act or knowing it was wrong... Must be disease of mind not
self induced states like being drunk
NCRMD - Answer Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder
Automatism - Answer Unconscious/involuntary behavior.... not in conscious control of
bodily movements
Mistake of fact - Answer Illegal act was committed under mistaken belief about
circumstances
Mistake of law - Answer Ignorance of law
, Justification defenses - Answer Defense to make criminal act justifiable
5 Justification Defenses - Answer Duress
Necessity
Self defense
Provocation
Entrapment
Duress - Answer Crime is committed because 1) thread of imminent death or 2) there
was no realistic alternative action
Necessity - Answer Crime is committed because of danger caused by forces of nature OR
human conduct other than threats of harm
Self-defence - Answer Use of force against another person to defend self, others, or
property is justified
Provocation ("Crime of Passion") - Answer Wrongful act or insult that deprived ordinary
person of self-control
Entrapment - Answer The defense that the individual was induced by the police to
commit the criminal act.
History of opium in Canada - Answer Chinese migrant workers using opium which then
led to White Canadians doing it as well... Because of this Mackenzie King got mad and
enacted drugs laws
100% Correct
Summary offences - Answer Criminal offences that are minor in nature and carry
consequences much less severe (usually served in provincial facility for max. of 6mths
and fine of $2k)
Indictable offence - Answer Very serious criminal offence
Specific intent - Answer Accused had intent to produce further/additional consequence
General intent - Answer Meaning to commit crime
Intent - Answer To carry out crime with knowledge
Motive - Answer Reason for committing crime
Reason motive can be useful in court - Answer Gives evidence of intent
Commission - Answer Could be present in actus reus... is the presence of an act (ie.
assault)
Omission - Answer Could be included in actus reus... Failure to act
Excuse defenses - Answer When defendant admits to the criminal act but argues he or
she cannot be held responsible
,5 excuse defenses - Answer Age
Mental disorder
Automatism
Mistake of fact
Mistake of law
Excuse defense: Age - Answer Rests on ability to formulate required intent
3 Age based stages of criminal responsibility - Answer - Children > 12 = no criminal
responsibility
- Youth 12-17 = limited criminal responsibility
- Adults 18+ = full criminal responsibility
Excuse defense: mental disorder - Answer Excuse that accused lacks mens rea & is
incapable of appreciating act or knowing it was wrong... Must be disease of mind not
self induced states like being drunk
NCRMD - Answer Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder
Automatism - Answer Unconscious/involuntary behavior.... not in conscious control of
bodily movements
Mistake of fact - Answer Illegal act was committed under mistaken belief about
circumstances
Mistake of law - Answer Ignorance of law
, Justification defenses - Answer Defense to make criminal act justifiable
5 Justification Defenses - Answer Duress
Necessity
Self defense
Provocation
Entrapment
Duress - Answer Crime is committed because 1) thread of imminent death or 2) there
was no realistic alternative action
Necessity - Answer Crime is committed because of danger caused by forces of nature OR
human conduct other than threats of harm
Self-defence - Answer Use of force against another person to defend self, others, or
property is justified
Provocation ("Crime of Passion") - Answer Wrongful act or insult that deprived ordinary
person of self-control
Entrapment - Answer The defense that the individual was induced by the police to
commit the criminal act.
History of opium in Canada - Answer Chinese migrant workers using opium which then
led to White Canadians doing it as well... Because of this Mackenzie King got mad and
enacted drugs laws
