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