SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, Actus Reus, Uniform Crime Reports

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6 mo in jail, less than ; and (iii) mixed or hybrid offences. Federal and provincial or territorial regulatory legislation - quasi-criminal. Actus reus (physical element of a crime): must be shown that an event was. Caused" by the accused person"s conduct consists of: How do you prove a stabbing? (a) conduct - ex. You have to prove that there was in fact a stabbing witnesses, etc. (b) circumstances ex. Have to make sure the force was applied without the victims consent (c) consequences ex. Example of actus reus: assault causing bodily harm. Conduct accused applied force to the victim. Circumstances force was applied without the consent of the victim. Consequences the force caused bodily harm. Woman goes to court, she is on trial for stabbing someone, she claims it is self defense. They subjectively realized these consequences might occur. They were willfully blind to the consequences knew what he was doing, planned it and showed no consequences.

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