Republic of the Philippines

Mountain Province State Polytechnic College

MPSPC VISION
Bontoc Campus
Criminology Department
A preferred university of Bontoc, Mountain Province
developmental culture and
inclusive growth.

MPSPC MISSION

It shall produce globally

competitive leaders
molded from a tradition of STUDENT: Tao- ey, Lucile G.
excellence in instruction,
research, effective
governance, sustainable DATE: September 5, 2019
entrepreneurship and an
environment that assumes
major responsibility in SUBJECT: REV 111(Crim Soc/ CA/LAW)
cultural vitality and well-
being of the community.
REQUIREMENT No. 1: Criminal Jurisprudence
DEPARTMENT GOAL

The ultimate goal of the FACILITATOR: Mr. Eros John P. Maskay

Criminology department is
to produce morally upright,
competent and globally
competitive criminologists
and criminalists who will
deliver effective and
efficient community
CLASSIFICATION OF FELONIES
services.

DEPARTMENT
I. INTRODUCTION:
OBJECTIVES
This research work contains detailed fact about the classification of felonies
1. Provide quality
instruction and guided
experience through which this classification is defined according to manner or modes of execution and
the students learn the
knowledge relative to the according to their gravity. Felony is defined as a crime that is considered to
practice of criminology
profession.
be more serious in nature, in criminal law, a felony is a category of crimes
2. Develop skills on the
practice of security that are often classified as the most serious type of offenses. Felonies can be
services, detection,
identification, and either violent or non-violent. Violent felonies often contain the use of force or
investigation of law
violators.
threat against a person, though some states consider violence against
3. Promote participative
and functional networking
property to violent felony. Some incidents in which there was no actual
for crime prevention.
violence may garner a felony charge because of an intent to commit violence
4. Provide the students
with a broad cultural while nonviolent felonies states that many crimes have nothing to do with
background and an
understanding of due violence though are felt to put the public in some other risk of harm, often of
process requirements on
the total administration of a financial nature.
justice.

5. Provide the students II. DISCUSSION:

with higher concept of
citizenry and leadership
towards fellowmen.
6. Encourage the students
to undertake criminological
researches and inquiries.
CLASSIFICATION OF FELONY ACCORDING TO GRAVITY
A. LIGHT FELONIES – The penalty is imprisonment of one day to thirty
days or fine of not more than 200.00 pesos
1. They are punished only on their consummated stages except with respect
to light felonies against persons or property. The reason is because they
produced such light or insignificant results that society is satisfied if they are
punished even if only in their consummated stage
2. Only principals and accessories are liable.
 Punishment of light felonies:
 Arresto menor or a fine not exceeding two hundred pesos or both

B. LESS GRAVE FELONIES – By imprisonment of more than one month but not more
than six years or fine of 200.00 but not more than 6,000.00.
 prison correctional
 aresto mayor
 Suspension
 distierro or a fines equal to more than 200.00 pesos but less than 6,000 pesos.

C. GRAVE FELONIES – The imprisonment is more than 6 years or fine of more than
6,000.00 pesos. They are either:
1. Heinous - The penalty is reclusion temporal to reclusion perpetua or;
2. Non-heinous
 reclusion perpetua
 -reclusion temporal
 -prision mayor or
 -fine of more than 6,000.00 pesos

STAGE OF EXECUTION

 FRUSTRATED STAGE – The offender has reached the objective stage of the offense for
he has performed all the acts which would produce felony but the crime was not
committed for reasons.
 ATTEMPTED STAGE – The offender is still in the subjective stage because he has not
performed all the acts necessary for its accomplishment. Therefore, he still has control
as he may or may not continue his overt acts.
 CONSUMMATED STAGE – All acts of execution are present hence that offender is in
the objective stage as he has no longer control over the outcome of his acts, having
performed all that is necessary to accomplish his purpose.

ACCORDING TO MANNER OF THEIR EXECUTION

 Intentional felonies or those committed with deliberate intent.

 Culpable felonies or those resulting from negligence, reckless imprudence, lack of
foresight or lack of skill.
 INTENTIONAL CULPABLE
Acts is malicious. Not malicious.
With deliberate intent. Injury cause is an unintentional being
incident of another act performed without
malice.
Has intention to cause injury. Wrongful act results from imprudence
negligence, lack of foresight or lack of skill.

III. REFERENCES

https:// batas natin .com

https://quizlet.com

https://www.un.org