Under which category of crimes does failure to act as per one’s legal duties fall?

A failure to act despite your legal duties falls under the category of crimes of _____.

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The correct answer would be Omission.

Indeed, if the person who failed to act had the legal duties to do it (like a police officer or a doctor). This is considered a crime of omission since there was mens rea (guilty mind in Latin); meaning that the offender knew that failure to act despite his established duty would result in injury to the other party.

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