Chapter 1 Flashcards
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-body of knowledge regarding crimes as a social
phenomenon.
Criminology
body of knowledge regarding delinquency and crime as
a social phenomenon
Criminology
scientific study of crime, criminals, and criminal behaviour.
Criminology
“The Philippine Criminology
Profession Act of 2018.”
Republic Act no. 11131
Act Creating the Board of Examiners for
Criminologists in the Philippines and for Other Purposes.
Republic Act 6506
The first ever educational institution offering the criminology course,
is the Philippine College of Criminology, at Sta. Cruz, Manila
Plaridel College
refers to a branch of public law which defines
crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment.
Criminal law
an act or omission punishable by law,
forbidding or commanding.
Crime
refers to a
person who is convicted of a crime by a final judgment
Criminal
refers to the study of the relationship between
criminality and population
Criminal Demography
This refers to the study of the relationship between
environment and criminality
Criminal Ecology
This refers to the study of criminality in relation to
spatial distribution in a community.
Criminal Epidemiology
This refers to the study of criminality in relation to
physical constitution of men.
Criminal Physical Anthropology
This refers to the study of mental and behavioural
disorders in relation to criminality.
Psychiatry
This refers to the study of human mind and behaviour
in relation to criminality.
Criminal psychology
branch of medicine which exists to study,
prevent, and treat mental disorders in humans
Psychiatry
the study of the mind and behaviour
Psychology
the study of the mind and behaviour
Psychology
trained medical doctors; thus, they can
prescribe medications, and spend much of their time with patients
on medication management as a course of treatment
Psychiatrist
focus extensively on psychotherapy and treating
emotional and mental suffering in patients with behavioural
intervention
Psychologist
refers to the study of the role of the victim in the
commission of a crime.
Victimology
This refers to a division of Criminology which attempts to
provide scientific analysis of the causes of crime.
Criminal Etiology
This attempts to offer scientific analysis of the conditions
under which penal or criminal laws are developed as a process of
formal social control.
Sociology of Law
This deals with the control and prevention of crime and the
treatment of youthful offenders.
Penology
