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Mon 12 Jul, 2010 03:27 am
what is criminal intent
@gra gra,
I. Legal definition ~
Quote:Legal Dictionary
Main Entry: in·tent
Pronunciation: in-'tent
Function: noun
1 : the act or fact of intending: as a : the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act called also criminal intent —compare KNOWLEDGE, MENS REA, MOTIVE, NEGLIGENCE b : the purpose to commit a tortious act having consequences that the actor desires and believes or knows will occur
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intent?db=legal&q=intent
II. Pop cultural ~
Law and Order: Criminal Intent,
Quote:In New York City's war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. These are their stories.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275140/
In what context are you referring to
gra gra? A third context? Or one of the above?
Is criminal intent necessarily a concious choice ?
I have wondered if most , who commit crimes, are acting on unconcious factors and beliefs. Or acting from a miss guided sense of selfishness.
It appears that concious criminal intent is the exception, rather than the rule.
Doesn't the very idea of rehabilitation need to be founded on this basis?
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