INTRODUCTION TO

CRIMINOLOGY
WEEK 12
MUST KNOWS TO THE NEW
CRIMINOLOGY LAW IN THE
PHILIPPINES
REPUBLIC ACT 11131 also
known as “The Philippine
Criminology Profession Act of
2018”
Criminology refers to the
scientific study of crimes,
criminals, and victims, it also
deals with the prevention,
and solution of crimes;
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.
 Section 5 – Scope of Practice
A Criminology graduate would
most often look for jobs in the
following Philippine government
agencies:
1. Philippine National Police
(PNP)
2. Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology (BJMP)
3. Bureau of Fire Protection
(BFP)
4. Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP)
 If we talk about what Philippine
government agencies Criminology
graduates can also work for:
5. Parole and Probation office
(PPO)
6. Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR)
7. Commission on Human Rights
(CHR)
8. Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency (PDEA)
9. Bureau of Customs (as customs
police)
 9. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
10. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
(as document examiners and
investigators)
11. Department of Finance Investigation
Division (DOF)
12. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) (as
security and investigation department)
14. Immigration and Deportation Bureau
15. National Penitentiary across the
country like Provincial Jails under the
Provincial Governments
16. Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
(as investigator or maritime police)
17. Land Transportation Office
(LTO) (as investigators and
field inspectors or officers)
18. Department of Labor and
Employment (as sheriff)
19. Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR)
(as forest officers or guards)
20. Philippine Coast Guard
21. Metropolitan Manila
Development Authority
(MMDA)
Your career choices, too, are
actually not limited to being a
police officer. Here are the other
positions your course is best suited
for:
1. Professor, Instructor or teacher
in Criminology in any State
University, College or School duly
recognized by the government.
You can teach the following
subjects:
• Law Enforcement
Administration
• Criminalistics
• Correctional Administration
• Criminal Sociology and Allied
subjects, and
• Other technical and
specialized subjects in the
Criminology Curriculum
provided by the Commission
on Higher Education.
2. Law Enforcement
administrator, executive,
adviser, consultant or agent
in any government agency
3. Dactylographer
4. Ballistician
5. Questioned Document
Examiner
6. Law Enforcement
Photographer
7. Lie Detection Examiner
8. Probation Officer
9. Security Officer
10. Criminal Investigator
11. Police Laboratory technician
12. As correctional officer or
administrator, executive, supervisor,
worker or officer in any correctional
and penal institution
13. Counselor, expert, adviser, researcher
in any government agency on any
aspects 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.
 Meanwhile, in the private sector,
Criminology graduates usually
apply for positions in the security
industry such as:
1. Security officers,
2. Security guards and
3. Private detectives or
investigators.
 But the reality is you can also
apply for the following positions;
4. In-house mall investigators
5. International air lines ground
officers and investigator
6. International airport security
officers and plain clothes
investigators.
7. Private commercial bank
credit and loan investigators
8. General managers and
directors of private security
industry
 9. Security chiefs and
supervisors in international
security
10. Commercial airlines ground
investigators
11. Forensic Ballistics Expert
12. Asset Protection Associate
13. Security Manager
14. Loss Prevention Supervisors
15. Inspectors