Gačić M, Rječnik prava en-hr:
culpable negligence - grubi nehaj, kažnjivi nehaj
culpable - za osudu, kriv, kažnjiv, nemoralan
neglect - nebriga, nehaj, nehajnost, nehat, zapuštenost, zapuštanje, nemarnost, nemar, zanemarivanje, propust; omalovažavanje, neobaziranje

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Note added at 5 days (2008-06-07 21:22:26 GMT)
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Ovo su definicije iz Oxford (OALD) Dictionary:

- negligence - (formal or law) the failure to give sb/sth enough care or attention:
The accident was caused by negligence on the part of the driver. * The doctor was sued for medical negligence.
- neglect - the fact of not giving enough care or attention to sth/sb; the state of not receiving enough care or attention:
The law imposed penalties for the neglect of children. * The buildings are crumbling from years of neglect. * The place smelled of decay and neglect.

I da budem iskrena, ne vidim nikakvu razliku u značenju.


Takođe, u istom rečniku piše:

- culpable - (formal) responsible and deserving blame for having done sth wrong:
The accident was the result of a culpable failure to consider the risks involved.
- criminal - [usually before noun] connected with or involving crime:
criminal offences / behaviour * criminal damage (= the crime of damaging sb's property deliberately) * criminal negligence (= the illegal act of sb failing to do sth that they should do, with the result that sb else is harmed)

Tako da mislim da se "culpable" po definiciji nikako ne može izjednačiti, tj. automatski kvalifikovati kao "criminal" - krivični. "Culpable" znači i kriv, "culpability" - krivica, kaznena odgovornost, ali svakako ne znači da je svaka krivica i kaznena odgovornost ujedno i krivična (criminal).