HCL001 TOPIC 6 (final)

“what differs criminal offences from traffic offences”

          criminal offences - morally wrong (violation of crimes act 2013)

- intention

traffic offences - incident of the moment (laws broken on road)

- sum that is not planned

exs of traffic offences/violations

• running red light

• driving unlicensed vehicle

• driving w/o drivers license

• exceeding speed limit

• parking where you’re not supposed to

• driving under the influence

“every person who commits a crime doing morally wrong ought to be sanctioned”. define sanctioned & sanction

"sanctioned" = must be punished

 

(pg 2 section 2 crimes act)

law comes w sanction, law comes w punishment

 

“sanction”= punishment for the crime as stated by the law

purpose of sanction/penalty for committing crime/imprisonment

rehabilitation: to prepare convicts to come back to society

identify 7 criminal offences (crimes act 2013)

- theft

- robbery

- burglary

- physical assault

- sexual harassment

- murder

- arson

define homicide

every murder is a homicide  

define murder

killing another (intention)

define manslaughter

also murder & killing of another person/taking another person's life (w/o intention)

diff between murder & manslaughter

murder involves intention (intend to kill), as opposed to manslaughter, which is also murder but w/o intention

theft

taking someone’s property but does not involve use of force (section 161)

burglary

illegally entering property/building in order to steal w a weapon (section 175)

robbery

stealing from a person using force (section 177)

blasphemy

theft/stealing

convict

person proven guilty by court of law & sent to prison

guilty & not guilty evolves around civil matters T/F

False (term of criminal matters not civil)

what differs being guilty from not guilty

guilty plea = sentencing

not guilty plea = trial

what differs murder from killing

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(pg 2 section 2 crimes act)

law comes w sanction, law comes w punishment

Incarceration = confinement in jail/term of imprisonment

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