720 ILCS 5/4-7 : Rights and Remedies — Criminal Offenses — Criminal Code — Criminal Code of 2012 — Principles of Criminal Liability — Criminal Act and Mental State —7 - Negligence

A person is negligent, or acts negligently, when that person fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or a result will follow, described by the statute defining the offense , and that failure constitutes a substantial deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.