Specific intent crimes
General intent crimes
Malice crimes
Strict liability crimes
Malice definition
General intent definition
defendant has an awareness of all factors contributing to the crime
awareness of acting in a proscribed manner
Specific intent definition
intent to engage in proscribed conduct
Strict liability definition
conscious commission of proscribed conduct
Purposely
conscious object to engage in proscribed conduct/cause certain result
(subjective)
a conscious desire
Knowingly
awareness that conduct is of a particular nature and will cause a particular result
(subjective)
awareness of practical certainty
Recklessly
Consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk
(subjective and objective)
awareness of substantial risk
Negligently
failure to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk (objective)
a reasonable person would have been aware of a substantial risk