Criminal Code Mind Map

Nyla Devaras

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Criminal Code Mind Map by Mind Map: Criminal Code Mind Map

1. Serious Offences

1.1. Abduction

1.1.1. The action or an instance of forcibly taking someone away against their will. The taking of a girl under a designated age for purposes of marriage is in most jurisdictions also included in the crime of abduction.

1.2. Robbery

1.2.1. The action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.

1.3. Theft

1.3.1. The action or crime of stealing. For example, shoplifting and stealing a motorcycle are both forms of theft.

1.4. Break and Enter

1.4.1. The crime of entering a building by force so as to commit burglary; breaking and entering. For example, breaking into a home, stealing jewellery, and leaving.

1.5. Possession of Stolen Goods

1.5.1. Something stolen or illegal that is put on someone without their knowledge, or is hidden in other possessions so that they appear guilty when it is found. For example, Beth shoplifts a pair of sunglasses from a department store. She gives them to her boyfriend, Andy, and tells him she stole the glasses for him. Because Beth obtained the glasses by theft and Andy knows this, he is guilty of receiving stolen property.

1.6. Criminal Harassement

1.6.1. Harassing behaviour including repeatedly following, communicating with or watching over one's dwelling home.

1.7. Mischief

1.7.1. Harm or trouble caused by someone or something. For example, damaging someone else's home or vehicle, damaging public or private property, various acts of vandalism and even graffiti.

2. Other Offences

2.1. Prohibited Weapons

2.1.1. A knife that has a blade that opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife

2.2. Restricted Weapons

2.2.1. A handgun that is not a prohibited firearm, a firearm that is not a prohibited firearm, has a barrel less than 470 mm in length, and is capable of discharging centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner.

2.3. Soliciting

2.3.1. The action or fact of accosting someone and offering one's or someone else's services as a prostitute. When you go door-to-door asking people to donate money to you, this is an example of soliciting for donations.

2.4. Arson

2.4.1. The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

2.5. Obscenity

2.5.1. The state or quality of being obscene; obscene behavior, language, or images. Obscene material can include written words, visual depictions, or spoken words.

2.6. False Pretences

2.6.1. Behavior intended to deceive others. An example of False Pretenses occurs when the defendant tells the victim that he will trade his expensive Rolex watch for the victim's sport's car.

2.7. Terrorism

2.7.1. The unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

2.8. Criminal Negligence

2.8.1. Criminal negligence is when a person acts with a disregard to obvious risks to human life and safety. One parent is routinely physically abusive to the children causing them injuries and the other parent knows this is happening and does nothing to protect the children.

3. Highly severe

3.1. Homicide

3.1.1. The killing of one human being by another. For example, a soldier may kill another soldier in battle, but that is not a crime.

3.2. Manslaughter

3.2.1. The crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder. For example, someone who fires their gun carelessly in public and unintentionally kills a bystander.

3.3. Infanctile

3.3.1. The crime of killing a child within a year of birth. Infanticide happens in a context of poverty, a primarily economic inhibitor, and hence the choice of killing a female is seen as an economic choice.

3.4. 1st degree murder

3.4.1. A murder that is planned and deliberate. Criminal acts such as hijacking, sexual assault, kidnapping, terrorism, criminal harassment, or intimidation.

3.5. 2nd degree murder

3.5.1. All murder that is not first-degree murder. In the case of second-degree murder, there will still be death, intent to cause death, or intent to cause bodily harm knowing it would likely result in death.

4. Moderate Seriousness

4.1. Assault

4.1.1. A threat or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact or bodily harm on a person that puts the person in immediate danger of or in apprehension of such harm or contact. Punching, pushing or kicking someone would constitute direct forms of assault.

4.2. Assault causing bodily harm

4.2.1. Any hurt calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim: such hurt need not be permanent, but must be more than transient. For example, fracture of the nasal bones.

4.3. Aggravated assault

4.3.1. Aggravated assault is a felony that may involve an assault committed with a weapon or with the intent to commit a serious crime, such as rape.

4.4. Sexual assault

4.4.1. Illegal sexual contact that usually involves force upon a person without consent or is inflicted upon a person who is incapable of giving consent.

4.5. Aggravated sexual assault

4.5.1. A sexual assault that involves serious violence or the threat of serious violence or is such as to cause injury, humiliation or degradation of a grave nature to the person assaulted.