criminal law ch 3.3
recklessness
a type of mens rea or criminal intent in which the defendant consciously creates a risk and chooses to act in disregard of that risk
negligence
a type of mens rea or criminal intent in which the defendant unconsciously creates a risk of harm and does not act like a reasonable person under the circumstances
strict liability
crimes that do not require mens rea or criminal intent
direct intent
intent in which the consequences of a person's actions are desired
oblique intent
intent in which the consequences of a person's actions are not desired, but should have reasonably been foreseen
mens rea
latin term meaning guilty mind. the mental state or criminal intent of the defendant
concurrence
the actus rea and mens rea existing simultaneously
transferred intent
the defendant's intent to harm one person is transferred to the actual victim of the crime
motive
the inducement or reason a defendant chooses to commit a crime
malice
the intent to commit a wrongful act without a legitimate cause or excuse
specific intent
the intent to commit an act to achieve a specific criminal result
general intent
the intent to commit the actus reus or criminal act of the crime only
temporal concurrence
the mens rea must accompany the actus reus in time
motivational concurrence
the mens rea must be linked to the actus reus it is intended to accompany