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Introduction To Criminology Notes

This document provides definitions and explanations of key terms in criminology. It defines terms related to individuals involved in the criminal justice system process such as witnesses, victims, offenders, suspects, respondents, and accused. It also defines related fields of study such as criminal ecology, criminal epidemiology, criminal psychiatry, criminal psychology, criminal demography, criminal physical anthropology, and victimology. Additionally, it mentions influential theorists in criminology such as Jeremy Bentham, Cesare Beccaria, Edwin Sutherland, Gabriel Tarde, and Enrico Ferri.

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Introduction To Criminology Notes

This document provides definitions and explanations of key terms in criminology. It defines terms related to individuals involved in the criminal justice system process such as witnesses, victims, offenders, suspects, respondents, and accused. It also defines related fields of study such as criminal ecology, criminal epidemiology, criminal psychiatry, criminal psychology, criminal demography, criminal physical anthropology, and victimology. Additionally, it mentions influential theorists in criminology such as Jeremy Bentham, Cesare Beccaria, Edwin Sutherland, Gabriel Tarde, and Enrico Ferri.

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INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY

Witness --- man of the hour in court .


Victim ---- the forgotten one.
Offender -- the principal character to the CJS
Suspect --- One who implicated to the commission of a crime (subject of investigation)
Respondent --- person who is a subject of Preliminary investigation or inquest proceeding.
Accused --- person who charged of an offense in court and facing trial.
Appelant --- one who filed an appeal .
Criminal --- who is found guilty by final judgment
Police --- initiator or prime mover of the CJS
Pardonee --- one who is given pardon.
Parolee --- one who is granted with parole.
Probationer --- one whose application for probation was granted.
Petitioner --- one who files an application for Probation,parole and pardon
Criminologia ---- (Italian word) Raffaelle Garofalo 1885
Criminologie ---- (French word) Paul Topinard 1887
R.A 6506 --- Act creating the Board of Examiners for Criminologists in the Phil. And other
purpose.(approved/effective=July 1,1972)
Criminal ecology --- study of criminality in relation to the spatial distribution in a community.
Criminal epidiomology ---- study of the relationship between environment and criminality.
Criminal psychiatry --- study of human mind in relation to criminality.
Criminal psychology ---- study of human behavior in relation to criminality.
Criminal demography --- criminality and population.
Criminal physical anthropology ---- study of criminality in relation to Physical constitution of men.
Victimology ---- study of role of victim in the commission of the crime.
Criminal Etiology --- study of the cause or the origin of crime.
Penology ---- control and prevention of crime and the treatment of youthful offender.
Sociology ---- study of human society, its origin ,structure,functions and directions.
Criminological research ---- study if crime correlated to with antecedent variables ,state of the crime
trend.
Delinquency ---- act not inconformity with the norms of society .
August Comte --- Father of sociology
Emile Durkheim --- father / modern sociology .
Mala prohibitum crime ---- acts that are outlawed because they clash with current norms and public
opinion ,such as tax ,traffic and drugs law.
Mala in se crime --- acts that outlawed because they violate basic moral values such as rape,
murder ,assault and robbery .
Mass murder --- killing a large number of person at one time.
Hypoglycemia --- which the glucose in the blood falls below levels/efficient brain functioning .
Hyperglycemia --- high blood sugar
Marital rape ---- forcible sex between legally married partners.
Statutory rape ---- sexual relation between an minor female and an adult male.(11yrsold below)
Jeremy Betham --- pain and pleasure
Cesare Becarria --- Free will theory
Edwin Sutherland ---- who introduced the ff definition of criminology. "Dean of criminology "
Gabriel Tarde ---- introduced the "Theory of imitation - suggestion "
Enrico Ferri ---- "Theory of imputable and denial of Free Will.
Ada juke --- Mother of criminals.
Henry Goddard ---- He was the first person to use the term "MORON"
Robert Merton ---- applied the theory of anomie of Durkheim to criminology
August Aichorn --- "Latent delinquency "
Ego --- "reality principle "
Id ---- "pleasure principle "
SuperEgo ---- resulted from incorporating within the personality the moral standards and values of
parents,community /others /tell what is right from wrong.
Oedipus complex ---- Electra complex in man.
Electra complex ---- girls begin to have sexual feeling for their father's .
Erik Erikson ---- "identity crisis"
Monogamy --- one marriage (1 man and 1woman )
Polygamy --- marriage of one man with two or more wife.
Polyandry --- marriage of one woman with two or more husband.
18-70 --- full responsibility
18 --- age of majority or legal age

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