SOCL 3371 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Homicide, Sleepwalking
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Constructive: state of mind which a person acts without intending harm but with a complete disregard for the rights and safety of others: negligence ignorance of the consequences of your actions; you should have known the consequences, recklessness knowing the danger or risks that you are placing others in, but you don"t care and act anyway. 5 main elements of defense of self, others, or property: reasonableness standard any reasonable man or woman faced with the same circumstances would come to similar conclusions, believe to be in imminent danger only dangers that are likely to occur within a short period of time be considered as legitimate ground for self defense, harm itself be unlawful cannot claim self defense when they are responding to the use of force by law enforcement, response is equal to the threat of force, force is used as a last result.
