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INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
Criminology is the scientific study of criminals, criminal behavior and its causes.
Criminologists attempt to build theories that explain why crimes occur and test those
theories by observing behavior. Criminological theories help shape society’s response
to crime both in terms of preventing criminal behavior and responding to it after it occurs.
DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY
The classical criminologists of the 18th century were primarily concerned with
ending brutality and inequality against criminals by enforcing limitations on government
power. They believed that criminal behavior was the product of the offender’s rational
choice, and that crime could be prevented through the speedy and certain application of
penalties that attached painful and unattractive consequences to such behavior.
Beginning in the era of modern criminology, the emphasis of the discipline
shifted. Criminologists sought to develop theories to explain why crime occurred. They
no longer relied as strongly on explanations of crime based on the offender’s rational
choice. Instead, they attributed criminal behavior to the motivation to commit crime and
the social context that allows people to pursue criminal inclinations.
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Contemporary scholars believe that criminal motivation is the product of one or
more of a complex set of factors. These factors are so numerous and so varied that no
system of classification can describe the current theories of crime causation with
complete accuracy. However, broadly speaking, these theories may be considered in
one of the following three categories: (1) theories attributing criminal behavior to
biological or congenital (inherited) defects of the offender, (2) theories relating crime to
psychological factors or mental disorders, and (3) theories relating crime to
environmental or social factors. Many criminologists have suggested theories of multiple
causation involving factors from more than one of these categories.
1. Criminal Etiology
Criminal Etiology involved the application of scientific analysis of the causes of
crime. An individual perpetrating a crime had no single reason; hence, there is no single
and only explanation of causes of crimes. A different theory has evolved in studying the
causes of crime such as Biological, Sociological and Psychological Theories.
2. Sociology of Law
Sociology of law entails the importance of law or the criminal law as a process of
formal social control. Criminal law seeks to protect the public from harm by inflicting
punishment upon those who are tempted to do harm. Thus, criminal law often strives to
avoid harm by forbidding conduct that may lead to harmful results.
3. Penology
Penology, the study of criminal punishment, is a sub-field of criminology.
Criminologists theorize about why people commit crimes and deviate from society’s
norms of behavior. They also study how society punishes criminals because different
methods of punishment may cause people to alter their behavior in different ways.
Thus, criminologists devise theories that not only explain the causes of crime but also
address its prevention, control and treatment.
Today, one more are of concern in Criminology is crime detection and
investigation. Criminologists are also engaged in studying the criminal things. Forensic
Science, sometimes referred to as Criminalistics, is therefore covered in the broad field
of criminology
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IMPORTANCE AND PURPOSES OF STUDYNG CRIMINOLOGY
Criminology is the study of crime and its various aspects. According to Edwin
Sutherland, it is the science regarding crime and delinquency as a social phenomenon.
This is a field that addresses the issue of crime and criminal behavior and attempts to
define explain and predict it.
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Understanding crime is a complicated matter just like other social broad
sciences. It requires therefore a systematic and balanced knowledge in the examination
of why crime exists. In this sense, criminology is:
1. Sociology (Sociological Criminology). This is the study of crime focused on the group
of people and society as a whole. It is primarily based on the examination of the
relationship of demographic and group variables to crime. Variables such as
socioeconomic status, interpersonal relationships, age, race, gender, and cultural
groups of people are probed in relation to the environmental factors that are most
conducive to criminal action, such as time, place, and circumstances surrounding the
crime.
3. Psychiatry (Psychiatric Criminology). This is the science that deals with the study of
criminal behavior in terms of motives and drives; better known today as forensic
psychiatry.
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CHAPTER TWO
CRIMINAL ETIOLOGY
WHAT IS CRIME?
In the legal point of view, it refers to any violation or infraction of the existing policies,
laws, rules and regulations of the society.
Criminality is a serious problem. This maybe explained by the following
characteristics of crime:
1. It does not respect age, sex, culture, customs and tradition, race, and religion of the
society.
2. Crime is a worldwide phenomenon.
3. It occurs in all the existing economic strata.
4. Its causes are multifarious.
5. It is difficult to eradicate.
People cannot avoid offending others. Some offensive actions are considered
abnormal behavior while some are classified as crime. What therefore is the
requirement before an act is considered a crime? The following is the “Differentiae” of
crime:
1. Before saying that a crime has been committed, you must have a “personal
knowledge” of its actual commission or that you must have caught the offender “in
flagrante delicto”.
2. An act can only be called as crime if there is a law that defines it, prohibit its
commission, and provides punishment for its commission.
3. In a criminal act, there should be malicious intent – a harmful consequence
(oppressive outcome of an act) is an inherent result.
4. There should be a continuity of the criminal act before an offender is criminally
charged.
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RELATIVITY OF CRIME
2. As to intent
a. crime mala in se – acts which are evil in themselves
b. crime mala prohibita – acts which are prohibited because the law has defined it to
be a crime.
3. As to Motive
a. economic crimes
b. sexual crimes
c. political crimes
d. miscellaneous crimes
4. As to Statistical Purpose
a. crimes against property
b. crimes against persons
c. crimes against morals
d. crimes against public order
e. crime against security
f. crimes against chastity
5. As to Penalty
a. crimes punishable by afflictive penalties
b. crimes punishable by correctional penalties
c. crimes punishable by light penalties
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CRIMINOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CRIME
1. Traditional Crimes – crimes that are committed every now and then.
2. Crimes due to changing society (social change) – poverty crimes.
3. Emergency Crimes – crimes that are committed to take advantage of an abnormal
situation, or the nature of a social problem, or the vulnerability of a person or group
of persons.
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WHAT IS A VICTIMLESS CRIME?
Index crimes are violent crimes. Criminal acts that involve threats or actual
physical harm to a victim by an offender. It presents not only offenses that we recognize
as violent (murder, rape, robbery) or other acts involving force and intimidation but also
“violent crimes” that are commonly considered as “social problems” such as domestic
violence, child abuse, elder abuse, etc.
WHO IS A CRIMINAL?
On the basis of the definition of crime, a criminal may be defined in three ways:
1. A Criminal is a person who has committed a crime and has been convicted of final
judgment by a competent court.
2. A Criminal is a person who violated a social norm or one who acted an anti-social act.
3. A Criminal is one who violated rules of conduct due to behavioral maladjustment.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF CRIMINALS
Based on Etiology
1. Acute Criminal – one who violates a criminal law by impulse or due to fit of passion.
2. Chronic Criminal – one who acted with deliberation or premeditation, one who plans
the crime ahead of time.
1. Accidental Criminal – one who commits crime when the situation is conducive
2. Habitual Criminal – one who consciously developed the habit of committing crime
due to lack of self-control.
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WHAT IS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR?
Criminal behavior is an intentional behavior that violates the criminal law. Criminal
behavior, therefore, is beyond normal behavior since it is used to describe conducts or
actions that do not belong to the standard behavior of man.
There are numerous theories that must be considered in studying the causes of
crimes. There is a need, therefore, to categorize or group these theories for the purpose
of more systematic and simplified discussion. The three general groups of criminological
approaches are: subjective, objective and contemporary approaches.
SUBJECTIVE APPROACHES
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OBJECTIVE APPROACHES
These approaches deal on the study of groups, social processes and institutions
as factors that influence the human behavior. They are primarily derived from social
sciences.
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES
THEORIES OF CRIME
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Psychoanalytical Sigmund Freud -Crime is a symbolic expression of one’s
Theory inner tension which a person but fails to
control.
Somatotyping Theory William Sheldon - Heredity is the primary determinant of
one’s behavior and
- body physique is a reliable indicator of
one’s personality.
Differential Edwin Sutherland - Criminal behavior is learned through
Association Theory social interaction in the process of
communication.
Strain Theory Robert King Merton - It maintains that the failure of a man to
achieve a higher status of life caused
them to commit crimes in order for that
status or goal to be attained.
Cartographical School Adolphe Quetelet - Crimes against person increase during
of Criminology summer and crimes against property
increase during winter.
General Inferiority Earnest Hooton - Criminals are originally inferior and that
Theory crime is the result of the impact of the
environment.
Evolution Theory Charles Darwin - Humans, like other animals, are
parasites.
- Man is an organism having an
animalistic behavior that is dependent
on other animals for survival. Thus,
man kills and steals to live.
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Social Class Conflict Karl Marx, Frederick - It claims that the ruling class in a
and Capitalism Engel and William capitalist society is responsible for the
Theory Bonger creation of criminal law and their
ideological bases in the interpretation
and enforcement of their laws.
Subculture Theory Albert Cohen - He claims that the lower class cannot
socialize effectively as the middle class
in what is considered appropriate
middle class behavior. Thus, the lower
class gathers together to share their
common values forming a subculture
that rejects middle class values.
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CHAPTER THREE
VICTIMOLOGY
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5. The Heartbroken – one who is emotionally disturbed by virtue of heartaches
and pains.
6. The Tormented – a victim who asked for it, often from his own family or
friend.
DYNAMICS OF VICTIMIZATION
There are a number of procedural models which can be applied to the study
of the victimization process for the purpose of understanding the experience of
victims.
1. “Victims of Crime Model” (by Bard and Sangrey). According to this model,
there are three stages involved in any victimization:
* Some victims however may not successfully adopt the victimization experience
and a maladaptive reorganization stage may last for many years.
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2. “Disaster Victim’s Model ” – this model was developed to explain the coping
behavior of victims of natural disaster. According to this model, there are four
stages of victimization:
FACTORS OF VICTIMIZATION
1. Hedonism
2. Materialistic Culture
3. Sex Values
4. Decay of Discipline
5. Public Morality
Response to Victimization
Socio-demographic Characteristics
Sex- With the exception of sexual assault and domestic violence, men have higher
risk of assault than women. Lifetime risk of homicide is three to four times higher for
men than women.
Age- Adolescents have substantially higher rates of assault than young adults or
older. Survey indicates that 12-to-19 year olds are two to three times as likely as
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those over 20 to become victims of personal crime each year. 62% of all forcible
rape cases occurred when the victim was under 18 years of age (Kilpatrick et al.,
1992).
Urban- Crime and victimization is mostly an urban problem. Urban areas have a
dangerous amount of transience (strangers moving in and out of town),
heterogeneity (mix of different people and places), and disorganization (dilapidation
of housing and buildings).
Ethnicity- Racial and ethnic minorities have higher rates of assault than other
people. In America, rates of violent assault are approximately twice as high for
African- and Hispanic-Americans compared to white Americans. African-Americans
and Hispanic-Americans are significantly more likely than White Americans to have
ever been violent victims of crime.
Victims of crime deserve rights and services in the criminal justice system that
begin at the point of reporting crime to the police, and continue through the entire
criminal justice system process.
The criminal justice system is charged with processing cases from the point of
victimization, arrest, prosecution and sanctions. At each point along this continuum,
criminal justice agencies and professionals have opportunities and obligations to provide
victims with assistance, services and accommodations to ease their difficulties in what is
already a very trying, tragic time. The criminal justice system can minimize and avoid
inflicting “secondary victimization” that has often characterized much of the plight of
victims of crime.
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CHAPTER FOUR
OVERVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Criminal Justice System is the machinery used by the government to prevent and control
crimes.
1. Law Enforcement
It is the prime mover of the Criminal Justice System
An agency of the government responsible in maintenance of peace and order,
protection of lives and properties, ensure public safety, enforcement of laws and
ordinances, apprehension of offenders, and investigation of cases.
2. Prosecution
It is a process whereby accusations are brought before the court of justice.
3. Court
It is a body vested with the power to try, hear and decide cases.
4. Correction
It is considered as the weakest pillar of the Criminal Justice System.
5. Community
Police
An agency of the government responsible in the protection of lives and
properties, ensure public safety, maintain peace and order, enforcement of laws
and ordinances, apprehension of offenders and investigation of criminal cases.
Organization
A group of persons with common goals and objectives.
Police Organization
A group of trained personnel working together to maintain peace and order,
ensure public safety and protect lives and properties.
Police Administration
It refers to the cooperative human effort to achieve organizational goals and
objectives.
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Legal Bases:
Investigation
Systematic examination of facts and circumstances.
Search for truthful or factual information
It was derived from the Latin word “vestigare” which means to track or to trace or
to probe.
Criminal Investigation
A lawful search for people and things useful in reconstructing the circumstances
of a crime and the mental state accompanying it.
An art which deals with the identity and location of the offender and provide
evidence of his guilt in a criminal proceeding.
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e. locating then interrogating suspects
f. assembling proof of criminal guilt
g. presentation of forensic sciences
1. It is part of understanding the problem on crimes and criminals and provide for
the solutions in crime prevention.
2. It helps the five pillars of the criminal justice system in recognizing and identifying
criminals and provides clues or information in promoting social justice.
3. It is an aid in enforcing the laws and the protection of lives and properties.
1. Information
Data gathered by an investigator from various sources such as persons including
the victim himself and from public records, private records and modus operandi
file.
2. Interview
Friendly and simple questioning of a person who is willing to divulge information.
3. Interrogation
It is the skillful and vigorous questioning of a person who is reluctant to divulge
information.
4. Instrumentation
It is the scientific examination of real evidence, application of instrument and
methods of physical sciences in crime detection.
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CHAPTER FIVE
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINALISTICS
It is a sub field of Criminology that deals with the study of “criminal things” –
those that are left behind by the criminal in the scene of the crime which have
significance in criminal investigation.
Who is a Criminalist?
DIVISIONS OF CRIMINALISTICS
1. Scientific Divisions
a. Chemistry
b. Psychiatry
c. Biology
2. Technological Divisions
a. Forensic Dactyloscopy
b. Forensic Photography
c. Forensic Ballistics
d. Questioned Document Examination
e. Forensic Medicine
f. Polygraphy
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
Dactyloscopy, defined
It is the identification of a person through the examination and comparison of
fingerprint.
It was derived from the Greek word:
Dactylos – a finger
Skopien – to examine
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Fingerprint, defined
The production of a pattern or design formed by ridges on the inside of the joint
of a finger.
Sir Edward Richard Henry – considered as the Father of Fingerprint Science
BRANCHES OF DACTYLOSCOPY
1. Chiroscopy – science of dactyloscopy which deals with the study of the palms of the
hand.
It was derived from the Greek words: cheir – a hand, and skopien – to examine.
2. Podoscopy – branch of science of dactyloscopy which deals with the study of the sole
of the foot.
It was derived from the Greek words: podo – foot, and skopien – to examine.
3. Poroscopy – branch of science of dactyloscopy which covers the study of the sweat
pores found in the friction skin.
It was derived from the Greek words: poros – pores, and skopien – to examine.
FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography, defined
It is a science or art of obtaining images on a sensitized material by the action of
electromagnetic radiation or rays thru the use of a camera and its accessories and the
chemical process involved therein.
It was derived from the Greek words:
Photo – means light
Graphos – means to draw or chart or sketch
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Importance of Forensic Photography
1. Small objects but of great importance in a crime committed may escape in the first
phase of examination by the investigator but maybe seen and recorded on the
photograph.
2. A good photograph of the scene is a permanent record which is always available
especially in court presentation, in court proceeding, fiscals and defense lawyers
have generally never visited the scene of the crime.
* As a general rule, take many photograph of the crime scene and select the best.
3. Used as an aid by investigator to describe in court some of the details of the crime
scenes they have investigated several months ago, the small details and exact
locations of objects.
4. To assists the investigators in using photographic equipment and techniques in their
effort to solve crimes.
1. Identification – this is the very first use of photography in police work. Use to identify
criminals, missing persons, lost property, licenses, anonymous letters, bank checks,
laundry marks, and the civilian or personnel fingerprint identification files.
2. Communication and micro films files – investigative report files, accident files,
transmission of photos (wire photos) photographic supplement to reports with
modern day electro-photography machines.
3. Evidence – crime scenes, traffic accidents, homicides, suicides, fires, objects of
evidence, latent fingerprints, evidential traces can frequently be improved by contrast
control (lighting, film and paper filters) by magnification (photomicrography,
photomicrography) by invisible radiation (infra-red, ultraviolet, x-rays).
4. Offender detection – surveillance, burglar traps, confessions, re-enactments of
crimes.
5. Court exhibits – demonstration enlargements, individual photos, projection slides,
motion pictures.
6. Reproduction or copying – questionable checks and documents, evidential papers,
photographs, official records and notices.
7. Personnel Training – photographs and film relating to police tactics, investigation
techniques, mob control, and catastrophe situation.
8. Crime and fire prevention hazard – lectures, security clearance detection devices,
photos of hazardous fire conditions made when prevention inspections are made.
9. Public Relations – film pertaining to safety programs, juvenile delinquency, traffic
education, public cooperation and civil defense.
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POLYGRAPHY (Lie Detection)
Polygraphy
- is the scientific method of detecting deception with the use of a polygraph
instrument. Polygraphy is the new name of LIE DETECTION.
Polygraph
- is a scientific diagnostic instrument used to record physiological changes in
the blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration and skin resistance of an
examinee under controlled condition.
FORENSIC/LEGAL MEDICINE
Legal Medicine
- is a branch of medicine, which deals with the application of medical
knowledge to the purpose of law and in the Administration of justice.
Real Evidence – this is evidence made known or addressed in the sense of the court. It
is not limited to that which is known through the sense of vision but it is extended to what
the sense of hearing, taste, smell and touch perceived.
Experimental Evidence – a medical witness maybe allowed by the court to confirm his
allegation or as a corroborated proof to an opinion he previously stated.
Physical Evidence – these are articles and materials which are founded in connection
with evidence and which aid in establishing the identity of the perpetrator or the
circumstances under which the crime was committed, or in general assist \, in the
prosecution of the criminal.
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FORENSIC BALLISTICS
Ballistics
- the science of the motion of projectiles.
- Refers the science of firearm identification.
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Branches of Ballistics
1. Interior – the branch of this science, which has something to do with the
properties and attributes of the projectile while still inside the gun. This extends
from the breech to the muzzle of the gun.
2. Exterior – the branch of this science, which has something to do with the
attributes and movements of the bullet after it has left the gun muzzle.
3. Terminal – it is the branch of this science that deals with the effects of the impact
of the projectile on the target.
4. Forensic Ballistics- this branch of this science involves the investigation and
identification of firearms by means of the ammunitions fired through them.
DOCUMENT
- Any material containing marks, symbols, or signs that may present or ultimately
convey a meaning to someone.
- Latin word- ”documentum”- lesson/example
- French word- “docere”- to teach
QUESTIONED DOCUMENT
- One in which the facts appearing therein may not be true, and are contested
either in whole or in part.
KINDS OF DOCUMENT
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CHAPTER SIX
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LAW and CORRECTION
CRIMINAL LAW
A branch or division of law which defines crimes treats of their nature and
provides for their punishment.
GENERALITY- the law is binding upon all persons who reside or sojourn in the
Philippines.
TERRITORIALITY- the law is applicable to all crimes committed within the limits of
Philippine territory.
PROSPECTIVITY/IRRETROSPECTIVITY
- That the law does not have any retroactive effect.
- A penal law cannot make an act punishable in a manner in which it was not
punishable when committed. Crimes are punished under the law in force at the
time of their commission.
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Exceptions to the exception
- Where the new law is expressly made inapplicable to pending actions or existing
causes of actions.
- Where the offender is a habitual delinquent/criminal
Habitual delinquent
- A person shall be deemed a habitual delinquent if within a period of ten years
from the date of his release or last conviction of the crimes of serious or less
serious physical injuries, robbery, theft, estafa, or falsification he is found guilty of
any of said crimes a third time or oftener.
TITLE I- Crimes Against National Security and the Law of Nation. (Art. 114-123)
TITLE II- Crimes Against the Fundamental Laws of the State. (Art. 124-133)
TITLE III- Crimes Against Public Order. (Art. 134-160)
TITLE IV- Crimes Against Public Interest. (Art. 161-189)
TITLE V- Crimes Relative to Opium and Other Prohibited Drugs. (Art. 190-194)
TITLE VI- Crimes Against Public Morals. (Art. 195-202)
TITLE VII- Crimes Committed by Public Officers. (Art. 203-245)
TITLE VIII- Crimes Against Persons. (Art. 246-266)
TITLE IX- Crimes Against Personal Liberty and Security. (Art. 267-292)
TITLE X- Crimes Against Property. (Art. 293-332)
TITLE XI- Crimes Against Chastity. (Art.333-346)
TITLE XII- Crimes Against the Civil Status of Persons. (Art. 347-352)
TITLE XIII- Crimes Against Honor. (Art. 353-364)
TITLE XIV- Quasi-offenses. (Art. 365)
EXCEPTION: Only if the S.P.L. allows or there is a provision in the S.P.L. allowing such
rules to be applied.
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CRIMINAL EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE
A means sanctioned by law of ascertaining in a criminal proceeding a truth
respecting a matter of fact.
Admissibility of evidence
Evidence is admissible when it is relevant to the facts in issue and not excluded by law.
*Evidence is relevant if it has a direct connection to the fact in issue and Competent if it
is not excluded by law.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
The methods prescribed by law for the apprehension and prosecution of persons
accused of any criminal offense and for their punishment in case of conviction [and
aquittal if proven innocent.]
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INTRODUCTION TO CORRECTION
Penology is the study of punishments for the crime or of the criminal offenders.
It includes the study of control and prevention of crime through punishment of criminal
offenders. It is a term derived from the Latin word “poena” which means pain or
suffering.
Penology is also otherwise known as Penal Science. It is actually a division of
criminology that deals with prison management and the treatmentliof offenders and
concerned o with the philosophy and practice of society in its effort to repress criminal
activities.
Penal Management
It is the manner or practice of managing or controlling places of confinement as
in jails or prisons.
Correction
A branch of the Criminal Justice System concerned with the custody,
supervision and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. It is the field of criminal justice
administration, which utilizes the body of knowledge and practices of the government
and the society in the general involving these of processes of handling individuals who
have been convicted of offense for purposes of crime prevention and control.
Correction as a Process
Correction as a process is the reorientation of the criminal offender to prevent
him or her from repeating his delinquent actions without necessity of taking punitive
action but rather introduction of individuals measures of reformation.
Correction Administration
It is the study and practice of a systematic management in jails or prisons and
other institutions concerned with the custody, treatment, and rehabilitation of criminal
offenders.
Punishment is the redress that the state takes against an offending member of
the society that usually involves pain and suffering. It is also the penalty imposed on an
offender on an offender for a crime or wrongdoing.
Death Penalty
It is effected by burning, beheading, hanging, breaking at the wheels, pillory and
other forms of medieval executions.
Physical Torture
It is effected by maiming, mutilation, whipping and other inhumane or barbaric
forms of inflicting pain.
Social Degradation
Putting the offender into shame and humiliation.
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Banishment or exile
The sending or putting away of an offender which was carried out either by
prohibition against coming into a specified territory such as an island to where the
offender has been removed.
IMPRISONMENT
Putting the offender in prison for the purpose of protecting the public against
criminal activities and at the same time rehabilitating the prisoners by requiring them to
undergo institutional treatment programs
PROBATION
It is the disposition whereby a defendant after conviction of an offense, the
penalty of which does not exceed 6 years of imprisonment, is released subject to the
conditions imposed by the releasing court and under the supervision of a probation
officer.
PAROLE
A conditional release of a prisoner after serving part of his/her sentence in prison
for the purpose of gradually re-introducing him/her to free life under the guidance and
supervision of a parole officer.
FINE
An amount given as a compensation for a criminal act
DESTIERRO
The penalty of banishing a person from the place where he committed a crime,
prohibiting him to enter the 25 kilometer radius but not more than 250 km.
JUSTIFICATION OF PUNISHMENT
RETRIBUTION
The punishment should be provided by the state whose is violated, to afford the society
or the individual the opportunity of imposing upon the offender suitable punishment as
might be enforced. Offenders should be punished because they deserve it. It is the
redress in the form of personal vengeance.
EXPIATION/ATONEMENT
It is the punishment of group vengeance of which the purpose is to appease the
offended public or group.
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DETERRENCE
Thepunishment gives lesson to the offender by showing to others what would
happen to them if they violate the law. The punishment are imposed to warn potential
offenders that they can not afford to do what the offender has done.
When the theory refers to the specific offender who committed the crime it is
known as specific deterrence.
General deterrence describes the effect that punishment has when it serves as a
public example or threat that deters people other than the initial offender from
committing similar crimes.
REFORMATION/REHABILITATION
It is the establishment of the usefulness and responsibility of the offender.
PENALTY
It is the suffering inflicted by the state against an offending member for the transgression
of law.
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Isolation or solitary confinement- non-communication, limited news, “the lone wolf”
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
AMNESTY
A general pardon extended to a group of person, such as political offenders to
bring about the return of dissidents to their home and to restore peace and order in the
community.
REPRIEVE
The temporary stay of the execution of sentence especially the execution of
death sentence.
PARDON
An act of grace extended to prisoners as a matter of right, vested to the chief
executive as a matter of power.
COMMUTATTION OF SENTENCE
An act of the president changing or reducing a heavier sentence into a lighter
offense or a longer term into a shorter term.
PRISON
It is a penitentiary, an institution for the incarceration of persons convicted of
major or serious crimes.
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Sub-colonies:
-Montible
-Inagawan
-Sta. Lucia
-central ( main )
JAIL
A place for locking-up of persons who are convicted of minor offenses or felonies
who are to serve sentences imposed upon them by a competent, or for confinement of
persons who are awaiting trial or investigation of their cases.
TYPES OF JAIL
LOCK-UP JAILS
Is a security facility, common to police stations used for temporary confinement
of an individual held for investigation.
ORDINARY JAILS
Commonly used to detain a convicted criminal offender to serve sentence less
than three years.
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WORKHOUSES, JAIL FARMS OR CAMP
A facility that houses minimum custody offenders who are serving short
sentences or those who are undergoing constructive work programs. It provides full
employment of prisoners, remedial services and constructive leisure time activities.
PRISONER
A person who is detained/confined in jail or prison for the commission of a
criminal offense or convicted and serving in a penal institution. A person who by reason
of his criminal sentence or by a decision issued by a court, maybe deprived of his liberty
or freedom.
DETENTION PRISONER
- those detained for investigation, preliminary hearing or awaiting trial.
SENTENCED PRISONER
- offenders who are committed to the jail or prison in order to serve their
sentence after final conviction by a competent court.
INSULAR/NATIONAL PRISONER
- those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 3 years 1 day to life
imprisonment
PROVINCIAL PRISONER
- sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 6 months 1 day to 3 years or a
fine of not more than 1,000 pesos, or both
CITY PRISONER
- sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 1 day to 3 years or a fine of not
more than 1,000 pesos
MUNICIPAL PRISONER
- confined in municipal jails to serve an imprisonment from 1 day to 6 months
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CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS
ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF SECURITY
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CHAPTER SEVEN
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6506 – AN ACT CREATING THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR
CRIMINOLOGISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Qualifications for Examination – Any person applying for examination and for a
certificate, shall, prior to admission to examination, establish to the satisfaction of the
Board that:
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