INTODUC T ION T O

CRIMIN O LO G Y
TOPICS:

•DEFINITION OF CRIMINOLOGY
•DEFINITION OF CRIME
•CRIMINOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CRIME
CRIMINOLOGY
WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY?
• CRIMINOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, INFORMED BY
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY AND OTHER NON-LEGAL FIELDS, INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGY,
ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
CRIME
WHAT IS CRIME?
• AN ACT OR OMISSION IN VIOLATION OF A CRIMINAL LAW IN ITS LEGAL POINT.
•AN ANTI-SOCIAL ACT; AN ACT THAT IS INJURIOUS, DETRIMENTAL OR HARMFUL TO THE
NORMS OF SOCIETY; THEY ARE THE UNACCEPTABLE ACTS IN ITS SOCIAL DEFINITION.
•PSYCHOLOGICALLY, CRIME IS AN ACT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED UNDESIRABLE DUE TO
BEHAVIORAL MALADJUSTMENT OF THE OFFENDER; ACTS THAT ARE CAUSED BY
MALADAPTIVE OR ABNORMAL BEHAVIORS.
CRIME IS ALSO GENERIC NAME THAT REFERS TO OFFENSE, FELONY AND
DELINQUENCY OR MISDEMEANOR.
• OFFENSE – IS AN ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS PUNISHABLE BY SPECIAL LAWS.
• FELONY – IS AN ACT OR OMISSION THAT IS PUNISHABLE BY THE REVISED PENAL CODE, THE CRIMINAL
LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES (REYES, 1960)

• DELINQUENCY OR MISDEMEANOR -  IS ANY "LESSER" CRIMINAL ACT IN SOME COMMON LAW LEGAL
SYSTEMS. MISDEMEANORS ARE GENERALLY PUNISHED LESS SEVERELY THAN MORE SERIOUS FELONIES,
BUT THEORETICALLY MORE SO THAN ADMINISTRATIVE INFRACTIONS AND REGULATORY OFFENCES.
CRIMINOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CRIME
FOLLOWING CRIMINOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF CRIMES:
A. ACQUISITIVE AND EXTINCTIVE CRIMES
B. SEASONAL AND SITUATIONAL CRIMES
C. EPISODIC AND INSTANT CRIMES
D. STATIC AND CONTINUING CRIMES
E. RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL CRIMES
F. WHITE COLLAR AND BLUE-COLLAR CRIMES

G. UPPER WORLD AND UNDERWORLD CRIMES

H. CRIMES BY IMITATION AND CRIMES BY PASSION

I. SERVICE CRIMES
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