Criminal offence consists of two main elements: actus reus and mens rea. Actus reus is a prohibited conduct (Molan & Douglas, 2008). For example, burning the house or shooting someone is an actus reus element (Siegel, 2009). This element represents external constituents of criminal offense. There are two main features of actus reus: illegality of action (or omission) and voluntary chara... read more
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