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Crimes
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Consists of violations of certainconduct norms, possessing aspecified character and basedon the latter, it is a behaviourthat diverges from theprohibitions or injunctions inthe criminal law(Gibbons, 1977).
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Major Crimes- include offense as murder, assault, rape and grand larceny
Minor Crimes- or plain misdemeanours consist of public drunkenness, traffic violations and vagrancy
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13 Classification of Crimes (former Sen. Ambrosio Padilla)
Crimes against national security and law of nations.
Crimes against the fundamental laws of state.
Crimes against public order.
Crimes against popular presentation.
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Crimes against public interest
Crimes related to opium and other prohibited drugs
Crimes against public morals
Crimes committed by public officers
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Crimes against persons
Crimes against personal liberty and security
Crimes against property
Crimes against the civil status of persons
Crimes against honor
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The Classical Theory
Criminality with low level intelligence or some physiological disorders of the brain.
The lower the intelligence or the more disorderly the brain of a person, the more likely he is capable of committing a crime.
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The Control Theory
People who are prone to commit crimes.
They are chiefly detached, apathetic, isolated, and have a low level of commitment and involvement with society.
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The differential association and social learning theories
These theories expound theimportant effects of one’sexposure to certain badelements of society.
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The societal theory
This theory expounds the imperfection of society where the rich and powerful are highly favoured at the expense of the poor and powerless.
The lower the socio-economic class of an individual, the more prone he is committing a crime.
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The strain theory
Criminals in this theory are
described as frustrated persons.
In this theory, a person resorts to
illegitimate methods because all of
his legitimate acts have proven to
be an exercise of futility.
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