OK, WTF?

[ciroccoj]

So I'm looking up crimes of 'general' v 'specific' intent and the defence of drunkenness for Chris, whose colleagues have some questions about whaddup with all that. And vandalism comes up - is it a crime of general or specific intent? Can drunkenness be a defence for it?

Well, I don't know. But hey! I have my trusty little Martin's Annual Criminal Code 2003 (Student Edition), weighing in at about 800 pounds, so I go look.

And it's not in the index.

Huh.

Wait. How can 'Vandalism' not be in the index? 'Voidable transfers' is in there. Why not Vandalism?

'Vault breaking' is in there. So is 'Transporting person to bawdy house'. And 'Time clock'. And 'Three card monte'.

Yes, Three Card Monte has an entry in the index of the Criminal Code of Canada. But Vandalism does not.

?

Comments

[a-dawn.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's under "property crimes"?

*grasps at straws*

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I think it was, actually. Not called vandalism, but something else I can't remember.

What puzzled me was that they have things like "Rape: see Sexual Assault" all over the index. Why not for vandalism?

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

Try "malicious damage" or "damage to property" or "criminal damage"

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

I think it was under property damage. But I found it odd that they didn't mention it in the index, like they did for other crimes with non-obvious technical terms (e.g., "Rape: see Sexual Assault")

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

::joins you, cocking her head and looking confused::

Maybe it's under Spray-Paint? Or Tearing Stuff Up?

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Tearing Stuff Up?

LOL! I must admit, I didn't look it up under that ;)

Reminds me of my Torts prof in first year, who said that he feared some day we would have the Tort of "Looking At Me Wrong."

[leaper182.livejournal.com]

::SNERK::

Squee...

Anyways, I hope to have Jedi!Rey to you, even though Lennie and Mike keep wanting to make an appearance in the bunny.

Blast.

And in the bunny I'm nurturing, Rey's a padawan.

Lennie the ex-Jedi, perhaps?

::wanders away, muttering to herself::