CRI-P1 SUMMARRY

• Criminal Justice System


  The various sequential stages through which offenders pass, from initial contact with the law to final disposition, and the agencies charged with enforcing the law at each of these stages
• Criminal Justice System


  The totality of the activities of the law enforcers, prosecutors, judges, and corrections personnel, as well as those of the mobilized community in crime prevention and control
• System


  The process to be followed
• Due Process


  A concept of law which hears before it condemns
• Justice


  A principle of dealing with fairness in the application of law
• Law


  A legally defined rule of conduct, just and made obligatory by legitimate authority for the general welfare and benefit of all people
• Criminal Law


  The branch of public law which defines crimes, treats their nature and provides for their punishment
• Correction is considered the weakest pillar of the Criminal Justice System
• Components of the U.S. Criminal Justice System

  • Law Enforcement
  • Court
  • Correction
• Lady Justice


  An allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems
• Blindfold


  Represents fairness and impartiality in symbols of justice
• Ex-convict or Graduate of Penal Institution

  A person who after serving their sentence reintegrates into the community, a pillar of the Criminal Justice System
• Court


  The pillar of the Criminal Justice System that determines the guilt or innocence of an accused through trial
• Suspect or Person Under Police Custody


  A person under the law enforcement pillar or under the custody of police
• Law Enforcement


  The prime mover or the frontline of the Criminal Justice System
• PNP


  The primary law enforcement agency in the Philippines
• Police


  A generic term referring to any government agency that enforces laws
• PDEA


  The lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines
• RA 9165


  The law that created the PDEA
• Prosecution


  The pillar of the Criminal Justice System that conducts inquest proceedings and preliminary investigations
• Criminal


  The person found guilty with finality of judgment in the criminal proceedings
• Correction


  The pillar of the Criminal Justice System that is responsible for the reformation and rehabilitation of criminal offenders
• RA 6975


  An Act Establishing the Philippine National Police under a reorganized Department of the Interior and the Local Government (DILG)
• RA 8551


  Also known as the PNP Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998
• RA 9708


  An Act Extending for 5 years the reglementary for with the Minimum Educational Qualification for Appointment to the Philippine National Police and Adjusting the Promotion System
• Instigation


  Refers to the means by which the accused is lured into the commission of the offense charged in order to prosecute him
• Entrapment


  Refers to the "trap for the unwary criminal"
• Judge


  The person who is authorized to issue Warrants of Arrest and Search Warrants
• Search Warrant


  A written authority or order in writing issued in the name of the People of the Philippines, signed by the judge and directed to a peace officer commanding him to search for personal property described therein and bring it before the court
• Warrant of Arrest


  A written authority or order in writing issued in the name of the People of the Philippines, signed by the judge and directed to a peace officer commanding him to arrest a person or persons stated therein and deliver them before the court
• Alias Warrant


  Refers to a second writ of execution replacing the first one due to expiration
• Arrest


  Made by an actual restraint of a person to be arrested, or by his submission to the custody of the person making the arrest
• Search


  Used to describe a law enforcement agent's examination of a person's home, vehicle, or business to find evidence that a crime has been committed
• Philippine Coast Guard


  This law enforcement agency also as an attached service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in wartime
• Transnational Crime


  Crimes that have actual or potential effect across national borders and crimes that are intrastate but offend fundamental values of the international community
• EO 735


  Law that placed the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime, under the DILG
• EO 62


  Law created the PCTC under the Office of the President (OP), and placed it under the control and supervision of the National Police Commission
• Executive Order No. 94


  Law renamed the Bureau of Investigation to National Bureau of Investigation which remained attached to DOJ
• RA 10867


  This Act shall be known as the "National Bureau of Investigation Reorganization and Modernization Act"
• General


  Our law is binding on all persons who live or sojourn in the Philippines