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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... psychoanalysis ... has drawn attention to the irrational nature of much criminal behavior.  3, record 1, English, - criminal%20behavior

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... it is wrong to assume, simply because genetics provides a powerful explanation for Huntington's disease, that it is equally applicable to alcoholism, or schizophrenia-not to mention criminal behavior, intelligence or homosexuality.  4, record 1, English, - criminal%20behavior

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Criminal law is … considered to be part of public law because the commission of a crime is treated as a wrong against society as a whole and it is the Crown that prosecutes criminal cases on behalf of all Canadians...  2, record 2, English, - criminal%20law

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT

In Canada, criminal law is enacted by the Federal Parliament.  3, record 2, English, - criminal%20law

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Ensemble des règles du droit pénal qui ont pour objet les crimes et la répression des comportements qui portent atteinte aux valeurs fondamentales de la société.  2, record 2, French, - droit%20criminel

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le Parlement fédéral a une compétence exclusive relativement au droit criminel.  2, record 2, French, - droit%20criminel

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An evil doer... One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal...  2, record 3, English, - malefactor

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

All crimes have several basic elements. First, the defendant must have committed a voluntary act ("actus reus") ... Secondly, a defendant must have a culpable intent ("mens rea"). Mens rea represents the requirement that a person possess a "culpable state of mind" to be punished for a crime ...  5, record 4, English, - culpable%20intent

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mens rea : a guilty mind. Although as a general rule there must be a mind at fault before there can be a crime, it is not an inflexible rule, and a statute may relate to such a subject-matter and may be so framed as to make an act criminal whether there has been an intention to break the law or otherwise do wrong or not.  6, record 4, English, - culpable%20intent

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

État psychologique [...] faute intentionnelle), de celui qui commet volontairement un fait qu'il sait prohibé, élément que la loi exige (not. dans presque tous les crimes) pour que l'infraction soit constituée.  5, record 4, French, - intention%20coupable

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

L'intention coupable est un élément essentiel dans la plupart des crimes et des infractions.  6, record 4, French, - intention%20coupable

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

mens rea : Dolo penal. Elemento fundamental de toda responsabilidad del orden criminoso, que está integrada por la voluntad de ejecutar el hecho y la conciencia de lo que se ejecuta.  1, record 4, Spanish, - intenci%C3%B3n%20dolosa

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

intención dolosa y mens rea: Expresiones y definición reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.  1, record 4, Spanish, - intenci%C3%B3n%20dolosa

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

the legal term for the state of mental derangement which accompanies or induces the commission of a crime and prevents the criminal from knowing the criminal nature of the act committed. The basic test of insanity is the knowledge of right and wrong; thus mental defect is often confused with mental deficiency.  1, record 5, English, - criminal%20insane

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Ce sont ceux qui, sous l'influence d'une maladie mentale, commettent des infractions. Source: Bouzat et Pinatel, Traité de droit pénal et de criminologie, t. 1, Paris, 1970.  2, record 5, French, - criminel%20ali%C3%A9n%C3%A9

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The criminal law department of our jurisprudence; so called because the sovereign, in whom centres the majesty of the whole community, is supposed by the law to be the person injured by every wrong done to the community, and is, therefore, in all cases, the proper prosecutor for every such offence. Originally pleas of the Crown meant offences which were triable only in the king's courts.... After justices of the peace had been established all offences were included in the expression pleas of the Crown....  2, record 6, English, - pleas%20of%20the%20Crown

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

En common law, un crime est une atteinte à la paix et à la dignité du souverain. C'est donc en son nom que la Couronne porte plainte, et poursuit l'accusé au pénal.  1, record 6, French, - plaintes%20de%20la%20couronne

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish