CHAPTER 4 Criminals

• Crimes exist because there are people who perform acts that are in violation of the law.
• Accidental criminal- who "accidentally" violated the law due to come circumstances beyond his control.
• The most basic definition of the term Criminal is a person who committed a crime.
• In Legal perspective, criminal defined as a person found guilty by the court or of the standard judicial process.
• In Criminological perspective, a person is considered criminal the moment he committed a crime.
• According to etiology classification of criminals, there's Acute and Chronic criminal.
• Acute criminal- a person who violated the law as a result of reacting to a situation during a moment of burst feeling.
• Chronic criminal- is afflicted with a mental disorder and that causes him to commit crime.
• Normal criminal- a person who committed because he admires, or idolizes, people whose criminal.
• Habitual criminals repeatedly commit crimes for different reasons.
• According to criminal activities, there are Professional criminals, Habitual criminals, Situational criminals, and Accidental criminals.
• Professional criminals are highly skilled and methodical in their operations and are engaged in large-scale criminal activities.
• Situational criminals are people who got involved in a criminal act because of the situation presented itself.
• Ordinary criminals engage in crimes that do not require specialized or technical skill.
• According to the type of offender, there are Ordinary criminals, Organized criminals, and Professional criminals.
• Professional criminals earn their living through criminal activities.
• Organized criminals possess skills and know-how to commit crimes and evade detection.