COPCRIM Criminology Field of Studies
CRIMINOLGY
- The study of crime and criminal behavior
BS CRIMINOLGY
- Four years degree program that studies
crime and the various agencies of justice
roles as they operate and react to crime,
criminals and victim
- General towards careers in police
administration, correction, scientific, fire
protection and industrial security
RA 6506
- An act creating the board of examiners for
criminologist in the Philippines.
RA 11131
- An act that repeats the provisions.
5 Pillars of CJS
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- the department of people who enforce
laws, investigate crime, and make arrests
PROSECTION
- required to apply the
- law to criminal cases, protect the right of
the person
COURT
- mainly exists to determine the guilt or
innocence of accused person and pass
sentencing
CORRECTION
- the supervision of person arrested for
convicted of sentence
COMMUNITY
- element that are mobilized and energized
to help the authorities in effectively
addressing the law
Criminal Law and Jurisprudence
- focuses on the study of general legal ideas
and principles of criminal liability.
Law Enforcement Administration
- process involved in ensuring strict
compliance proper obedience of law and
related statues.
Criminalistics/ Forensics
- the application of scientific methods to
the recognition, collection, identification,
and comparison of physical evidence
generated by criminal or illegal civil
activity
Crime Detection and Investigation
- the discovery that a crime has been
committed: the identification of suspect,
and the collection of sufficient evidence to
indict the suspect before court.
Correctional and Penal Administration
 CORRECTION – branch of Criminal Justice
System concerned with the custody,
supervision and rehabilitation of criminal
offenders.
 PENAL MANAGEMENT – refers to the
manners or practice of managing or
controlling place of conferment as in jails
or prison.
Criminal Sociology
- The study of making, breaking, and
enforcing of criminal laws.
- Which says that people learn criminal
behavior from the people around them.
FATHER – Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)
- An Italian sociologist working in the late
19th century
- Contributors to biological positivism and
founded the Italian school of criminology
 CARRER OPPORTUNITIES
Police
- A person whose job is enforce laws,
investigate crimes and make arrest.
Crime sociologist
- Study of making, breaking and enforcing
of criminal laws
Law Enforcement Administration
- Involved in ensuring strict, to achieve the
goal of law enforcement most effectively,
efficacy and productively
Forensics Experts
- Principles and methods to the analysis
identification, and classification of physical
evidence relating to criminal cases.
Correctional Administration
- Systematic management of jails or prisons
and other concerned with the custody,
treatment and rehabilitation of criminal
Behavioral Scientist
- Nonprofit digital and print magazine
offering expert commentary from the
front of behavioral science
Security Professionals
- Security executives, managers,
supervisors, and their staff, the people
within the organization who are changed
with the protection of assets against
security risks.
Criminal Investigator
- Ensemble of methods by which crimes are
studies and criminals apprehended.
- Person who is educated and trained to
investigate crimes, crime scenes and
criminal activity
Intelligence Officer
- Who gather, evaluates, interprets and
disseminates intelligence and attempts
Private Detective
- Search for information about legal,
financial, and personal matter
Sea/ Air Marshall
- Enforcement officers who board, sweep,
search, protect, escort.
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
Old curriculum
A. CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY (CRIMSOC)
CRIMSOC 1 – Introduction to Criminology
- This course presents an overview of the
different school course in criminology
CRIMSOC 2 – PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM
- The study of the 5 pillar of the CJS in the
Philippine Law Enforcement, the
prosection, the court, correction and
community
CRIMSOC 3 – ETHICS AND VALUES
- Gives emphasis on a humanity-oriented
discipline
CRIMSOC 4 – JUVENILE DELINQUENCY and
CRIME PREVENTION
- Etiology of delinquent and criminal
behavior and the factors
CRIMSOC 5 – HUMAN BEHAVIOR and CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
- Abnormal behavior in relating to crime
and adoption of strategies
CRIMSOC 6 – CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH and
STATISTICS
- Criminological research types of research
design and use of statistics
 B. LAW ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
(LEA) NEW CURICULUM

LEA 1 – law enforcement administration (intern- A. CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY (CRIMSOC)

agency approach
LEA 2 – comparative models in policing CRM 1 – introduction to criminology
LEA 3 – Introduction to industrial security CRM 2 – theories of crime causation
concepts CRM 3 – human behavior and victimology
LEA 4 – criminology research 1 (Research CRM 4 – professional conduct and ethical
meetings w/ applied statistics) standards
CRM 5 – juvenile delinquency and juvenile
justice standard
C. CRIME DETECTION and INVESTIGATION
CRM 6 – dispute resolution and crisis incident
CDI 1 – fundamentals of criminal investigation management
and intelligence operation CRM 7 – research 1
CDI 2 - legal medicine CRM 8 – criminological research 2 (thesis)
CDI 3 – traffic management and accident
investigation with driving
CDI 4 – specialized crime Investigate 2 with F. CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION (CA)
simulation on interview and interrogate
CA 1 – institutional correction
CDI 5 – technical English 1 (Investigate report
CA 2 – non institutional correction
writing and presentation)
CA 3 – therapeutic medalists
CDI 6 – technical English 2 (legal forms)
CDI 7 – fire protection and arson investigation
CDI 8 – vice and drug control
CDI 9 – environment laws and protection

D. FORENCIS/CRIMINALISTS

FOR 1 – forensic photography

FOR 2 – personal identification technique
FOR 3 – forensic chemistry and toxicology
FOR 4 – question document examination
FOR 5 – lie detection technique
FOR 6 – forensic ballistics

E. CRIMINAL LAW and JURISPRUDENCE CLJ

CLJ 1 – introduction to Philippine criminal justice

system
CLJ 2 – human rights education
CLJ 3 - criminal law book 1
CLJ 4 – criminal law book 2
CLJ 5 - evidence
CLJ 6 – criminal procedure and court testimony