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NCSC CMS
CULPABLE MENTAL STATES
4
Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
10/05/2014

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Term
PURPOSELY
Definition
SPECIFIC INTENTIONS IS TO CAUSE A CERTAIN RESULT or when the offense is a prohibition against certain conduct of a certain nature, regardless of what the ofender intends to accomplish, it is the offenders specific intention to engage in the conduct.
Term
KNOWINGLY
Definition
AWARE THAT CONDUCT WILL PROBABLY CAUSE A CERTAIN RESULT OR WILL PROBABLY BE OF A CERTAIN NATURE, REGARDLESS OF PURPOSE
Term
RECKLESSLY
Definition
WITH HEEDLESS INDIFFERENCE TO THE CONSEQUENCES HE PERVERSELY DISREGARDS A KNOWN RISK THAT CONDUCT IS LIKELY TO CAUSE A CERTAIN RESULT.
Term
NEGLIGENTLY
Definition
BECAUSE OF SUBSTANTIAL LAPSE FROM DUE CARE, FAILS TO PERCIEVE OR AVOID A RISK THAT CONDUCT MAY CAUSE A CERTIAN RESULT.
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