Definition for "Entrapment Defense" in the Quantum Dictionary

- Law & Governance -

Criminal Law Dictionary

A criminal-law concept describing conduct, procedure, or legal consequence defined by governing offense or rule elements. It applies only when the legally specified conditions for its use or enforcement are satisfied. It does not apply where required elements or conditions are absent. It materially affects charging, adjudication, detention, or sanction decisions in practice.

Defense, Security & Public Safety Dictionary

A criminal-law defense asserting that a government agent or someone acting at the government's direction induced a person who was not predisposed to commit an offense to do so, such that holding the defendant criminally responsible would be improper; the core elements are state-caused inducement and lack of the defendant's predisposition to commit the crime.