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In legal terms, a crime is often called an offence. The criminal who commits the offence is know both as the defendant, offender, and the perpetrator. For an offence to be considered criminal, there must be mens rea (the guilty mind) and actus reus (the guilty act). Meaning the offender must have planned or wanted to commit the offence, and carried through with it.

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