Introduction to Law Deneme Sınavı Sorusu #725933

Which one of followings concerning forms of participation is false?


As the main perpetrator of the offense, principal is usually the person who commits the actus reus.

Joint principal is an agreement between two or more persons to behave in a shared manner that will automatically constitute an offense commited by at least one of them.

Indirect principal refers to committing the offense through another person who conducts the criminal act.

With regard to indirect principal the agent is not fulfilling either the actus reus or mens rea of the offense.

P asks A, a 10-year-old child, to steal a packet of cigarettes. If she thinks that she is committing an offense, A is held criminally liable as she is under 14.


Yanıt Açıklaması:

Jurisprudence and commentators haveacknowledged the following categories with regardto indirect principal:

The agent lacks criminal capacity. Example: P asks A, a 10-year-old child, to steal a packet of cigarettes. Even if she thinks thatshe is committing an offense, A is not held criminally liable as she is under 14.

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