CRM 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Solitary Confinement, Psychopathy, Satan

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2300
• Professor: Christopher Sibbald

Document Summary

Section 219: everyone is criminal negligent who is a) in doing anything or b) omitting to do anything that is his duty to do. Shows wanton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other persons. Crown must establish that the accused showed waton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other person, the accused conduct amount to a marked and substantial departure from the standard of the reasonable person. Case of l (2006) charged with criminal negligence causing death. He was driving a van while the victim was on the hood. At some point driver realizes maybe he shouldn"t be doing this cause it is dangerous so he slams on the breaks, man falls and coma and then dies. The trial judges decision was that the accused admittedly foreseen the risk of injury to his friend. He knew what he was doing was wrong.