Mens Rea and Actus Reus Assignment - Weebly

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Mens Rea & Actus Reus Assignment

Generally speaking, for a person to be found guilty of a criminal offence he or she must have committed an illegal act (actus reus) and had the required "state of mind" (mens rea) for the criminal offence. The Crown must prove both elements of the offence, the actus reus and the mens rea, beyond a reasonable doubt.

Actus reus is Latin for "guilty act." It is common sense that a person must be found to have done the illegal act before she or he can be convicted of the crime. The guilty act can be something a person does or something a person omits to do, i.e. something a person is required to do but fails to do.

Mens rea is Latin for "guilty mind." In Canada, most criminal offences require that a person be found to have had the necessary "state of mind" or mens rea for the offence before they can be found guilty. For many offences the mens rea refers to intending to commit the act but some offences require different "states of mind" (i.e. intending to cause death, knowledge of likely consequences, wilful blindness, negligence, and recklessness). Keep in mind that it is irrelevant whether or not the person knew the act was illegal. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

Task: You will be responsible for creating three different cartoons depicting different crimes.

Part A: You will need to complete a rough draft copy depicting all of the following: a. Actus Reus + Intent b. Actus Reus + Willful Blindness c. Actus Reus + No Mens Rea

*Note: You may replace one of the above examples with negligence or recklessness.

Part B: Your will need to transfer one of these 3 cartoon stories to a good copy.

Part C: Write a ? page response explaining the role of mens rea and actus reus in your final cartoon.

STRAND KNOWLEDGE

Mens Rea/ Actus Reus Assignment: Rubric

LEVEL ONE 50% - 60%

Cartoon conveys /10 little or no

understanding of mens rea/actus reus; does not use symbolism; title is missing.

LEVEL TWO 60% - 70%

Cartoon conveys a limited understanding of mens rea/actus reus; attempts to use symbolism; title is unclear or irrelevant to topic.

LEVEL THREE 70% - 80%

LEVEL FOUR 80% - 100%

Cartoon conveys

Cartoon clearly conveys

understanding of mens an understanding of mens

rea/actus reus; uses

rea/actus reus; excellent

appropriate symbolism; use of appropriate

title is clear and relevant symbolism; title is clear,

to topic.

clever, and relevant to

topic.

THINKING/ INQUIRY The message is unclear /10 or weak. It is difficult for the viewer to understand the point.

The message to the viewer is clear. It is not a strong message

COMUNICATION /10 Cartoon is messy; color Cartoon is somewhat

and graphics are lacking; neat; some color and

captions are omitted or creative graphics are

unreadable.

used; captions are

included.

The message to the

The message to the

viewer is clear. It is easy viewers is clear and

for the viewer to

strong. It is easy for the

understand the message. viewer to understand the

message.

Cartoon is neat and

Cartoon is neat and clean;

clean; color and creative color and creative graphics

graphics are used;

are used exceptionally

captions are readable. well; captions are

readable.

APPPLICATION

Written response does /10 not fit word count

criteria and does not addresses the cartoon

Written response does not fit word count criteria and addresses cartoon in a basic manner

Written Response is Written response is

appropriate in length and appropriate in length and

addresses some of the shows an elite level of

key qualities of the

sophistication that clearly

cartoon

explains the cartoon

Comments:

Create your own...

Actus Reus + Intent

Actus Reus + Wilful Blindness

Actus Reus + NO Mens Rea

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