Q.E 6

• Organized criminals – they have degree of organization to enable them to commit crimes without being detected, with

  specialized criminal activities operated in large scale.
• Recidivist – is the one who, at the time of trial for one crime, shall have been previously convicted by final judgement of

  another crime embraced in the same title of RPC.
• Quasi-recidivist – is one who commits another crime after having been convicted by final judgement of a crime falling

  under either the RPC or Special Law, before beginning to serve such sentence or while serving the same.
• Habitual delinquent – is one who, within a period of ten (10) years from the date of his release or last conviction of

  crimes of serious or less serious physical injuries, robbery, estafa, or falsification is found guilty of any of the said crimes

  for the third time or oftener.
• Offense – an act or omission that is punishable by special laws
• Felony – is an act or omission that is punishable by the Revised Penal Code.
• Delinquency/ Misdemeanor/ Infraction – is an act that is in violation of a simple rule or regulation, a minor violation of

  law
• Violent Crimes – include offenses where violence was applied (crimes against persons).
• Economic Crimes – are primarily committed to bring financial gain to the offender (crimes against property)
• Public order crimes – they are unlawful acts that interfere with the normal operation of society and ability of people to

  function efficiently
• Misdemeanors – they are minor offenses that are punishable by no more than fine and/or one year imprisonment,

  typically in a local jail.
• Organized crimes – characterized by the use of legitimate and illegitimate business enterprise for illegal profit
• Mala in se – the term means “evil in itself”. They are crimes that are “wrong in themselves”.
• Mala prohibita – this means “wrong because it is prohibited”
• Crimes by imitation – crimes committed by merely duplicating what was done by others; based on the explanation of

  crime as a learned behavior.
• Crimes of passion – those committed at the height of great emotions
• Service crimes – crimes committed through rendition of service to satisfy the desire of others.
• Genocide – a crime committed by a government through mass destruction or annihilation of human populations.
• Transnational crimes – violations of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execution, e.g. drug

  trafficking, human trafficking (Albanese,2010)
• Environmental crimes – acts that breach environmental legislation and cause significant harm or risk to the

  environment and human health.