A person commits a crime through negligence if they foresee the possible consequences of their actions but recklessly trust that these consequences will not occur; the same applies to a person who fails to foresee these consequences because they fail to exercise the care or caution that can be expected of them.
There are two forms of negligence: the first is conscious negligence, and the second is carelessness.
Since negligent commission is only punishable for certain offences, the "fine line" between possible intent (not desiring the consequences but accepting them) and conscious negligence (recklessly trusting that the consequences will not occur) can be decisive.