CRIM 105 Lecture 7:

• School: UFV
• Department: Criminology/Criminal Justice
• Course: CRIM 105
• Professor: Jordan Diplock

Document Summary

Homicide in the criminal code of canada is when directly, or indirectly, by any means a person causes the death of a human being. Homicide is either culpable or not culpable culpable homicide is murder, manslaughter, or infanticide; not culpable homicide is not an offence. Murder is when a person causes the death of another person intentionally, or after intentionally causing bodily harm or doing anything that one knows or ought to know is likely to cause death. It is also murder if a person intent to cause death or bodily harm to another person but causes the death of someone else by mistake or accident. Committed while committing crimes of sexual assault, hijacking, kidnapping, criminal harassment, terrorist activity, using explosives in association with a criminal organization, or intimidation. Manslaughter is culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide.