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Recklessness
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Law (Criminal law) Mind Map on Recklessness, created by hayley on 14/04/2013.
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Recklessness
Lower level mens rea to intention
It is the taking of an unjustified risk
Defendant realised the risk but decided to take it anyway
E.g Savage
Was the women aware of the risk when she threw the drink?
Recklessness can be applied to most offences
The explanation of the word recklessness comes from the case of cunningham
This offence involved the word 'malicious'
this indicates the mens rea required
RvG confirmed Cunningham recklessness
RvG suggest that Cunningham recklessness is now appplied to all cases of recklessness
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