Criminal Intent

An Criminal Intent is a intention to perform a crime.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be a Bad Intention.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Permissible Intent.
• See: Scienter, Criminal Law, Mens Rea, Strict Liability, Crime.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention_(criminal_law) Retrieved:2017-6-5.
  • In criminal law, intent is one of three general classes of mens rea necessary to constitute a conventional, as opposed to strict liability, crime. A more formal, generally synonymous legal term is scienter: intent or knowledge of wrongdoing.

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