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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1656]
==Definition==
*1: [[association]] or [[participation]] in or as if in a wrongful [[act]]
==Description==
An [[individual]] is '''complicit''' in a [[crime]] if he/she is aware of its occurrence and has the [[ability]] to report the crime, but fails to do so. As such, the individual effectively allows criminals to carry out a crime despite possibly being able to stop them, either directly or by contacting the [[authorities]], thus making the individual a de facto [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_(legal_term) accessory] to the crime rather than an innocent bystander.
[[Law]] relating to complicity varies. Usually complicity is not a [[crime]] although this sometimes [[conflicts]] with popular [[perception]]. At a certain point a person that is complicit in a crime may become a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(crime) conspirator] depending on the degree of involvement by the individual and whether a crime was completed or not.
Complicity is a [[doctrine]] that operates to hold persons criminally [[responsible]] for the acts of others. Complicity [[encompasses]] accessorial and conspiratorial [[liability]]. Accessorial liability is frequently referred to as accomplice liability.
An accomplice is a person who helps another person [[commit]] a crime, Accomplice liability involves primary actors who actually [[participate]] in the commission of the crime and secondary actors who aid and [[encourage]] the primary actors. The aid can be either [[physical]] or [[psychological]]. The secondary actors are called accomplices. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complicity]
[[Category: Law]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1656]
==Definition==
*1: [[association]] or [[participation]] in or as if in a wrongful [[act]]
==Description==
An [[individual]] is '''complicit''' in a [[crime]] if he/she is aware of its occurrence and has the [[ability]] to report the crime, but fails to do so. As such, the individual effectively allows criminals to carry out a crime despite possibly being able to stop them, either directly or by contacting the [[authorities]], thus making the individual a de facto [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_(legal_term) accessory] to the crime rather than an innocent bystander.
[[Law]] relating to complicity varies. Usually complicity is not a [[crime]] although this sometimes [[conflicts]] with popular [[perception]]. At a certain point a person that is complicit in a crime may become a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(crime) conspirator] depending on the degree of involvement by the individual and whether a crime was completed or not.
Complicity is a [[doctrine]] that operates to hold persons criminally [[responsible]] for the acts of others. Complicity [[encompasses]] accessorial and conspiratorial [[liability]]. Accessorial liability is frequently referred to as accomplice liability.
An accomplice is a person who helps another person [[commit]] a crime, Accomplice liability involves primary actors who actually [[participate]] in the commission of the crime and secondary actors who aid and [[encourage]] the primary actors. The aid can be either [[physical]] or [[psychological]]. The secondary actors are called accomplices. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complicity]
[[Category: Law]]