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Role of Police in a Democratic Society - ✔✔✔ - P - Protecting life and property P - Preventing and detecting crime U - Upholding the law M - Maintaining order P - Provide policing services Proving criminal liability - ✔✔✔ - 1. Prosecution must prove each element of offence beyond reasonable doubt 2. Establishing mens rea and actus reus. Temporal Coincidence - ✔✔✔ - Actus reus and Mens rea must coincide in time (occur simultaneously) Define strict liability - ✔✔✔ - An emphasis on Actus reus and excludes much of Mens rea. Eg. traffic offences.