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Do not fill this in! {{#invoke:Sidebar|sidebar | topimage = [[File:Handcuffs icon.svg|100px]] | title = [[Criminal law]] | templatestyles = law sidebar style/styles.css | bodyclass = hlist law-sidebar | heading1 = [[Element (criminal law)|Element]]s | content1 = * ''[[Actus reus]]'' * ''[[Mens rea]]'' * [[Causation (law)|Causation]] * [[Concurrence]] | heading2 = Scope of criminal [[Legal liability|liability]] | content2 = * [[Accessory (legal term)|Accessory]] * [[Aiding and abetting|Accomplice]] * [[Complicity]] * [[Corporate liability|Corporate]] * [[Principal (criminal law)|Principal]] * [[Vicarious liability (criminal)|Vicarious]] | heading3 = Severity of offense | content3 = * [[Felony]] (or [[Indictable offence|Indictable offense]]) * [[Summary offence#United States|Infraction]] (also called violation) * [[Misdemeanor]] (or [[Summary offence|Summary offense]]) | heading4 = [[Inchoate offense]]s | content4 = <section begin=Inchoate offenses /> * [[Attempt]] * [[Criminal conspiracy|Conspiracy]] * [[Incitement]] * [[Solicitation]] <section end=Inchoate offenses /> | heading5 = [[Offence against the person|Offense against the person]] | content5 = <section begin=Offense against the person /> * [[Assassination]] * [[Assault]] * [[Battery (crime)|Battery]] * [[Child abuse]] * [[Criminal negligence]] * [[Defamation]] * [[Domestic violence]] * [[False imprisonment]] * [[Frameup]] * [[Harassment]] * [[Home invasion]] * [[Homicide]] * [[Human trafficking]] * [[Intimidation]] * [[Kidnapping]] * [[Menacing]] * [[Manslaughter]] ([[Corporate manslaughter|corporate]]) * [[Mayhem (crime)|Mayhem]] * [[Murder]] ** [[Felony murder rule|felony]] * [[Negligent homicide]] * [[Robbery]] * [[Stalking]] * [[Torture]] <section end=Offense against the person /> | heading6 = [[Sex and the law|Sexual offenses]] | content6 = <section begin=Sexual offenses /> * [[Adultery]] * [[Bigamy]] * [[Child sexual abuse]] * [[Cybersex trafficking]] * [[Fornication#Across_history,_cultures,_and_laws|Fornication]] * [[Criminalization of homosexuality|Homosexuality]] * [[Legality of incest|Incest]] * [[Indecent exposure]] * [[Masturbation#Law|Masturbation]] * [[Obscenity]] * [[Prostitution]] * [[Rape]] * [[Sex trafficking]] * [[Sexual assault]] * [[Sexual slavery]] * [[Voyeurism]] <section end=Sexual offenses /> | heading7 = Crimes against property | content7 = <section begin=Crimes against property /> * [[Arson]] * [[Arms trafficking]] * [[Blackmail]] * [[Bribery]] * [[Burglary]] * [[Embezzlement]] * [[Extortion]] * [[False pretenses]] * [[Forgery]] * [[Fraud]] * [[Gambling]] * [[Intellectual property|Intellectual property violation]] * [[Larceny]] * [[Looting]] * [[Payola]] * [[Pickpocketing]] * [[Possession of stolen goods|Possessing stolen property]] * [[Robbery]] * [[Smuggling]] * [[Tax evasion]] * [[Theft]] * [[Trespass to land]] * [[Vandalism]], [[Mischief]] <section end=Crimes against property /> | heading8 = Crimes against justice | content8 = <section begin=Crimes against justice /> * [[Compounding a felony|Compounding]] * [[Malfeasance in office]] * [[Miscarriage of justice]] * [[Misprision of felony|Misprision]] * [[Obstruction of justice|Obstruction]] * [[Perjury]] * [[Perverting the course of justice]] <section end=Crimes against justice /> | heading9 = Crimes against the public | content9 = <section begin=Crimes against the public /> * [[Apostasy]] * [[Begging]] * [[Censorship|Censorship violation]] * [[Duel]]ing * [[Genocide]] * [[Hostage|Hostage-taking]] * [[Sumptuary law|Illegal consumption]] (such as prohibition of [[Prohibition of drugs|drugs]], [[prohibition|alcohol]], and [[Smoking ban|smoking]]) * [[Anti-miscegenation laws|Miscegenation]] * [[Piracy]] * [[Regicide]] * [[Terrorism]] * [[Usurper|Usurpation]] * [[War crime]]s <section end=Crimes against the public /> | heading10 = Crimes against animals | content10 = <section begin=Crimes against animals /> * [[Cruelty to animals]] * [[Poaching]] * [[Wildlife smuggling]] * [[Zoophilia|Bestiality]] <section end=Crimes against animals /> | heading11 = Crimes against the state | content11 = <section begin=Crimes against the state /> * [[Lèse-majesté]] * [[Treason]] * [[Espionage]] * [[Secession]] * [[Sedition]] * [[Subversion]] <section end=Crimes against the state /> | heading12 = [[Defense (legal)|Defenses to liability]] | content12 = * [[Actual innocence]] * [[Automatism (law)|Automatism]] * [[Consent]] * [[Defence of property|Defense of property]] * [[Diminished responsibility]] * [[Coercion|Duress]] * [[Entrapment]] * ''[[Ignorantia juris non excusat]]'' * [[Age of criminal responsibility|Infancy]] * [[Insanity defense|Insanity]] * [[Justification (jurisprudence)|Justification]] * [[Mistake (criminal law)|Mistake]] ([[Mistake of law|of law]]) * [[Necessity (criminal law)|Necessity]] * [[Provocation (law)|Provocation]] * [[Right of self-defense|Self-defense]] | heading13 = Other common-law areas | content13= * [[Contract]]s * [[Criminal defenses|Defenses]] * [[Evidence (law)|Evidence]] * [[Property law|Property]] * [[Tort]]s * {{nowrap|[[Will and testament|Wills]], [[Trust (law)|trusts]] and [[Administration (probate law)|estates]]}} | heading14 = Portals | content14 = * [[Portal:Law|Law]] }}<noinclude> [[Category:Crime sidebar templates|Law]] [[Category:Law sidebar templates]] </noinclude> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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