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The guilt act
What is actus rea
The case of R v Blaue represented this law concept.
What is causation?
Treason and sedition are this type of offence.
What is an offence against the state?
This factor regarding one's mental state could contribute to a person committing a crime.
What are psychological factors?
What is a summary offence?
The guilty mind
What is mens rea?
This piece of legislation categorises crime in NSW.
What is Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)
Conspiracy and attempted murder is this type of offence.
What is a preliminary offence?
The Bilal Skaf case is a case study for this syllabus dot point?
What factors influence criminal behaviour?
These are more serious offences that may be punished by long gaol terms.
What is an indictable offence?
An act or omission against the state/community but is punishable by the state.
What is crime?
This piece of legislation deals with traffic offences in NSW.
What is the Road and Transport Act 2014 NSW?
Lighting a fire during a total fire ban or watering a garden during water restrictions is an offence.
What is a regulatory offence?
A white-collar crime group or person steals money from their employer?
What is embezzlement?
This act deals with summary offences in NSW.
What is the Summary Offences Act 1988 NSW?
Introducing new legislation changes to reflect changes in society's moral and ethical standards.
What is law reform?
This piece of legislation relates to the transportation of drugs across the Australian border.
Customs Act 1900 (Cth)
Obstructing traffic, rioting, and affray are these types of offences.
What are are a public order offence?
An act or threat of violence in public, for example, road rage or getting into a fight in front of one or more people.
What is affray?
This is the scientific study of the nonlegal aspects of crime and delinquency, including its causes, correction, and prevention,
What is criminology?
It is a criminal act where the only crime element that the prosecution needs to prove is actus rea.
What is strict liability?
Assault and murder is this type of offence.
What is an offence against the person?
An act in which a person kills another person, whether deliberate or accidental.
What is homicide?
Measures are taken to prevent the reason behind criminal behaviour in order to try and prevent offences from occurring in the first place.
What is social crime prevention?
This stops crime in a particular location.
What is situational crime prevention?