criminal negligence
culpable negligence

They assert that the officials were guilty of criminal negligence.

"Whatever environmental problems occurred, they weren't a result of criminal negligence on his part."

"The fact that the authorities do nothing about it is, I think, criminal negligence," he said.

At the very least, he said, there was criminal negligence involved.

Given their criminal negligence, it was only a matter of time until a tragedy like this occurred.

"Just losing control of a car by itself is not criminal negligence under the law," the legal notes said.

"The fact that death or injury resulted by itself is not criminal negligence under the law."

He did not rule out that some may be charged with criminal negligence.

He said the family understood the difficulty of proving criminal negligence.

The authorities began a formal investigation of possible criminal negligence.