Introcrim-Lesson 2

DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY
MID LA UNION CAMPUS

INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
CRIMINOLOGY DEPARTMENT
NAME: Dominique Vanessa M. Catbagan SCORE

YEAR & SECTION(BATCH): Ist year Batch 1A
INSTRUCTOR: AURORA C. RILLERA-LAROYA
DATE SUBMITTED:
MODULE I
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
LESSON 1: GENERAL CONCEPT OF CRIMINOLOGY
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Using the scope of criminology as your basis, answer the following questions:
1. Psychiatry is applied in the investigation of suspect. With that respect, Criminology is: the
study of human mind in relation to criminality.___________________________.
2. Arrest is applied anywhere in the Philippines: _Penology_______________________.
3. Ballistics is applied to know the nature of the bullets and firearms in the commission of the
crime: __________________________.
Now that you already have an idea on the various aspects of Criminology, let us now
go into the multidisciplinary nature of Criminology. Write the first word that comes to your
mind upon reading the different fields below. Write your answers on the space provided for
you.
4.Sociology: Society
__________________________________________________________________
5.Psychology: Emotions
____________________________________________________________________
6.Psychiatry: Disorders
____________________________________________________________________
Identify the field of study that corresponds to the definition given.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
A 7. Sees crime as an individual and social problem and A. Sociological Criminology
believe that it cannot be properly understood
without examining the surrounding social, political
and economical context
E. 8. The study of the victims of crime and the B. Psychological
psychological effects on them of their experience. Criminology
C 9. Examines personality and the psyche (particularly C. Psychiatric Criminology
the unconscious) for motive in crime.
D 10. Scientific study of mental disorders, including D. Psychopathological
efforts to understand their genetic, biological, Criminology
psychological, and social causes
B 11. Focused on the diagnosis, treatment and E. Victimology
prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral
disorders
Below is an illustration of Criminology being a multidisciplinary study. Under the table

are different fields of study related to the study of Criminology. In this activity you have to
cite the relationship of these sciences to Criminology.
Field Definition Relation to Criminology

Is the study of human beings and
Anthropology their ancestors through time and 12.
space
Philosophy Studies the principles and causes of
13.
everything in the light of reason
Biology It is a natural science concerned
with the study of life and living
organisms, including their structure,
14.
function, growth, evolution,
distribution, identification and
taxonomy.
Law The system of rules that a particular
country or community recognizes as
regulating the actions of its 15.
members and may enforce by the
imposition of penalties.
Sociology The study of the development,
structure, and functioning of human 16.
society
Medicine The science or practice of the
diagnosis, treatment, and 17.
prevention of disease
Physical The sciences concerned with
Science the study of inanimate natural
objects, including physics, 18.
chemistry, astronomy, and
related subjects
Ethology A branch of knowledge dealing with
human character and with its 19.
formation and evolution.
Psychology The scientific study of the human
mind and its functions, especially
20.
those affecting behavior in a given
context.
Economics The branch of knowledge concerned 21.
with the
production, consumption, and
22.
transfer of wealth
Ethics Moral principles that govern a
person's behavior or the conducting 23.
of an activity
Psychiatry The study and treatment of mental
illness, emotional disturbance, and 24.
abnormal behavior
Lesson 2
SALIENT PROVISIONS OF RA 6506

Criminology in the Philippines
The first ever educational institution offering the criminology course, is the Philippine
College of Criminology (PCCr), at Sta. Cruz, Manila, formerly known as Plaridel College. This
pioneering College of criminology became scientific crime detection in the whole of Southeast
Asia, in the 1950’s.
In the early part of 1960’s, criminology course was offered by the following schools:
1. University of Manila, Metro Manila

2. Abad Santos College, Metro Manila
3. University of Visayas, Cebu City,
4. University of Mindanao, Davao City,
5. University of Baguio, Baguio City
At present, there are more or less than 300 criminology schools entire the country.
Further, the course title was changed from College of Criminology into College of Criminal
Justice Education (CCJE) based from CHED Memorandum Order No. 21, s. of 2005. Under
the same law includes the following sub-course:
1. BS in Criminology
2. BS in Forensic Science
3. BS in Industrial Security
4. BS in Correctional Administration
On January 13-15, 1983, the author organized and founded the Philippine Educators
Association for Criminology Education (PEACE), during the National Conference of
Criminology Deans and School Heads and Presidents, held at the University of Negros
Occidental-Recoletos, College of Criminology.
The primary objective of the PEACE is to professionalize criminology education in the

context of national development.
Successful projects of PEACE from January 1983 to May 1987 are:
1. Implementation of the first Licensure Examination for Criminology;

2. The recognition of the NAPOLCOM Police Examination by the Civil Service Commission
as eligibility for employment in all other Government Civil Service Positions;
3. The accreditation of participants in the Seminar/Workshop on Police Marksmanship for
Instructional Purposes in all Criminology Schools: and
4. The upliftment of Criminology Education in line with the professionalization of the
country’s police service.
PCAP stands for Professional Criminologist Association of the Philippines. PCAP is
the legitimate organization of criminologists recognized by Philippine Regulation Commission
(PRC).
Before we will go on with our lesson, let’s have a glimpse of the different
nomenclature of laws existing in the Philippines.
Philippine laws have had various nomenclature designations at different periods of

history of the Philippines as shown in the following table:
Criminology, Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
1. Criminology
Study includes the incidence and forms of crime as well as its causes and
consequences as well as social and governmental regulations and reactions to crime.
Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in the behavioral sciences, drawing especially on the
research of sociologists and psychologists, as well as on writings in law. Criminology is a
rather broad field of study that encompasses the study of law making, law breaking, and
societal reactions to law breaking.
2. Criminal Justice
Refers to the system used by government to maintain social control, prevents crime,
enforce laws, and administer justice. The Philippine Criminal Justice System (PCJS): Law
enforcement, Prosecution, Courts, Corrections and Community are the primary agencies
charged with these responsibilities.
Note: When processing the accused through the criminal justice system, government
must keep within the framework of laws that protect individual’s right. The pursuit of
criminal justice is, like all forms of "justice", "fairness" or "process", essentially the pursuit of
an ideal. In the United States, Law enforcement, Courts, and Corrections are the three (3)
pillars of their criminal justice.
3. Criminalistics
Criminology and criminalistics are often mixed up in the minds of the people.
Comparatively speaking, criminology is the study of criminal people, and criminalistics is the
study of criminal things, or the sum total of the application of all sciences in crime detection.
A criminal commits crime by means of things, or that something he left in the crime
scene. Those things he used or left in the crime scene are the objects of criminalistics known
as evidence such as but not limited to the following:
1. Blood and bloodstain

2. Firearms and other deadly weapons
3. Fingerprints and footprints
4. Tool marks and many more
Through R.A. 6506, a criminologist is any person who is a graduate with the Degree of
Criminology, who passes the examination for criminology and is registered through Board of
Examiners of the PRC. The term criminologist is one who has been engaged in the practice of
criminology if he holds himself out to the public in any of the following capacities:
1. As a professor, instructor or teacher in criminology in any university, college or school

duly recognized by the government and teaches any of the following:
a. Law Enforcement
b. Criminalistics
c. Correctional Administration
d. Criminal Sociology and Applied Subjects
e. Other technical and specialized subjects in criminology.
2. As a law enforcement administrator, executive, adviser, consultant or agent in any
government or private agency.
3. As technician in any forensic science and other aspects of crime detection.
4. As a correctional administrator, executive supervisor, worker or officer in any
correctional and penal institution.
5. As a counselor, expert, adviser, researcher in any government or private agency or any
aspect of criminal research or project involving the causes of crime, juvenile
delinquency, treatment of offenders, police operations, law enforcement
administration, scientific criminal investigation or public welfare administration.
On the other hand, a criminalist is a person who is trained in sciences of the
application of instruments and methods, to the detection of crime.
Instrumentation is the application of instruments and methods of criminalistics to the

detection of crime. It is otherwise known as criminalistics although instrumentation means
more than criminalistics because it includes all technical methods by which the fugitives may
be traced, identified and examined.
Divisions of Criminalistics
There are six (6) divisions of criminalistics. The first three are scientific and the other
three are technological. The following are:
1. Scientific
a. Chemistry
The original name for ciminalistics is Forensic Chemistry. E.x. alcoholic analysis,
toxicology, narcotic and substance abuse testing, firearms discharge residues, etc
b. Physics
Duties of a physicist in a crime laboratory includes but not limited to firearms

identification, toolmark comparison, scientific photography, traffic or vehicular
accidents for the purpose of finding out the speed and direction of vehicles, and use of
X-Rays to the detection of crime.
c. Biology
Biology is the study of living things. Deals with the origin, history, physical
characteristics, life, processes, habits, etc. of plants and animals. The biologists in a
police laboratory study all kinds of living things- blood, semen, urine, hairs, and skin.
He is particularly skilled in the use of a microscope. His most important role in
criminalistics is to examine bloodstains in order to find out if they are of human or
animal origin.
2. Technological
1. Polygraphy or Lie Detection

2. Police Photography
3. Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology
4. Forensic Ballistics or Firearms Identification
5. Dactyloscopy or Personal Identification
6. Questioned Document Examination

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DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY

MID LA UNION CAMPUS

NAME: Dominique Vanessa M. Catbagan SCORE

LESSON 1: GENERAL CONCEPT OF CRIMINOLOGY

Below is an illustration of Criminology being a multidisciplinary study. Under the table

Field Definition Relation to Criminology

SALIENT PROVISIONS OF RA 6506

1. University of Manila, Metro Manila

The primary objective of the PEACE is to professionalize criminology education in the

Successful projects of PEACE from January 1983 to May 1987 are:

1. Implementation of the first Licensure Examination for Criminology;

Philippine laws have had various nomenclature designations at different periods of

Criminology, Criminal Justice and Criminalistics

1. Blood and bloodstain

1. As a professor, instructor or teacher in criminology in any university, college or school

Instrumentation is the application of instruments and methods of criminalistics to the

Duties of a physicist in a crime laboratory includes but not limited to firearms

1. Polygraphy or Lie Detection

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