{ Types of Criminal Offences SLO: I can understand different types of criminal offences.

  Offences Against People   homicide, manslaughter, counselling or aiding suicide, assault and sexual assault   Offences Against Property   include theft, break and enter, mischief and fraud   Offences Against Morality   include gambling in contradiction to regulations, prostitution and obscenity   Offences Involving Automobiles   include impaired driving, driving with excess alcohol in the bloodstream, failure to provide a breath sample, criminal negligence and dangerous driving

  Controlled Drugs and Substances Act   The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act includes schedules for classification of certain categories of drugs. These include:   Schedule One - includes heroin and cocaine. This schedule provides for the most serious penalties because the substances included within it are deemed to present the greatest health and social difficulties.   Schedule Two - includes marijuana and other forms of cannabis.   Schedule Three - includes drugs such as amphetamines and LSD.   Schedule Four - includes drugs such as barbiturates and anabolic steroids. This category includes substances that are legal to possess with a prescription, but are illegal to possess without a legally obtained prescription, and are also illegal to import, export or traffic.

  Drug Offences   There are six types of drug offences created under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. They include:   possession   trafficking   possession for the purpose of trafficking   importing and exporting   production   possession of the proceeds of drug offences   Another drug-related offence created under the Criminal Code of Canada is that of impaired driving. While most commonly associated with the use of alcohol, impaired driving also is an offence that occurs in the event that an individual operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of other drugs.

  Criminal Attempts   While completed actus reus (physical action) is a necessary element of proof in most serious criminal matters, the actions of attempting to commit a criminal offence may also be deemed as offensive in the legal sense. For example, if an individual thinks or talks about committing a criminal offence, no law has been broken. However, if the same person attempts to take action toward actually achieving the intended offence, then a criminal offence has been committed, even if the action has not been successfully completed.

  Parties to an Offence   One need not be the principle character carrying out a criminally offensive action in order to be guilty of the offence. In Canada, it is a criminal offence to be party to a criminal offence under the following circumstances:   aiding and/or abetting   counselling