CRI 010: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY

TWENTY (20) DEFINITION OF TERMS

INSTRUCTION: You need to memorized and recite all twenty definition of terms; it will
serve as your final recitation for this semester starting October 17 – November 8, 2021

1. CRIMINOLOGY - refers to the scientific study of crimes, criminals, and victims, it

also deals with the prevention, and solution of crimes.
2. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6506 – An act creating the board of examiners for
criminologists in the Philippines.
3. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11131 - The Philippine Criminology Profession Act of 2018.
4. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE - is tasked with enforcing the law, to prevent
and control crimes, maintain peace and order, and ensure public safety and
internal security with the active support of the community.
5. REGISTERED CRIMINOLOGIST - refers to a natural person who holds a valid
certificate of registration and an updated professional identification card as
criminologist issued by the Board and the Commission pursuant to this Act.
6. CESARE BONESANA MARCHESE DI BECARRIA – Father of Criminology
7. CESARE LOMBROSO – Father of Modern Criminology
8. TEODULO C. NATIVIDAD – Father of Criminology in the Philippines.
9. SOCIOLOGY - This is the study of crime focused on the group of people and
society as a whole.
10. NULLUM CRIMEN, NULLA POENA SINE LEGE - there is no crime when there
is no law punishing the same.
11. CRIME - an act or omission in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding
it.
12. FELONY - an act or omission punishable by law which is committed by means of
dolo (deceit) or culpa (fault) and punishable under the Revised Penal Code.
13. OFFENSE - an act or omission in violation of a special law.
14. INFRACTION - an act or omission in violation of a city or municipal ordinance.
15. CRIMINAL - is any person who has been found to have committed a wrongful act
in the course of the standard judicial process; there must be a final verdict of his
guilt.
16. CRIMINAL ETIOLOGY - is a division of criminology which attempts to provide
scientific analysis of the causes of crime.
17. CLASSICAL CRIMINOLOGY - this school of thought is based on the assumption
that individuals choose to commit crimes after weighing the consequences of
their actions.
18. NEOCLASSICAL CRIMINOLOGY - This theory modified the doctrine of free will
by stating that free will of men may be affected by other factors and crime is
committed due to some compelling reasons that prevail.
19. POSITIVIST CRIMINOLOGY - assumes that criminal behavior has its own
distinct set of characteristics.
20. Victimology - studies the role of the victim in the crime; it explains how people
are being victimized.