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3. POSITIVIST SCHOOL
LEGITIMATE CHILD
- are those children who are born in lawful wedlock or both parents are legally
married.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILD
- are those children who were born out of wedlock or parents who are not
legally married to each other.
*LEGITIMATED CHILD
- from illegitimacy … then subsequent valid marriage of the parents comes.
AGE OF MAJORITY
- majority commences at the age of eighteen (18) years (R.A 6809)
SOCIALIZATION
- process where a child learns the ways of living in a society and how to
function as a person within it.
EMANCIPATION
- freedom from parental authority, both over his person and property
R.A 6809
- the law amending the age of majority
- lowered the age of majority from twenty- one (21) to eighteen (18) years
DISCERNMENT
- The mental capacity to distinguish right from wrong.
COMMUNITY
- A local government together with society of individuals or institutions.
PROHIBITED VICES
- common unlawful acts committed by minors
STATUS OFFENSE
- Certain acts or omissions which may not be punishable socially or
legally if committed by adults but become anti-social or illegal
because the offender is a minor, such as:
ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
- Characterized by disobedience to, or disrespect for, authorities
OFFENSES NOT APPLICABLE TO CHILDREN & CANNOT BE
PROSECUTED:
1. Vagrancy & prostitution under R.P.C
2. Mendicancy under P.D 1563
3. Sniffing of rugby under P.D 1619
2. PSYCHOGENIC APPROACH
- Argues that the critical factors in delinquency are personality problems to
which misbehavior is presumed to be the response.
3. SOCIOGENIC APPROACH
- Vies youthful misdeed as a result of a learning process through
interactions with other members of society.