CRIME Violation of laws, statutes, and established norms and values Crimes are punished by the established statutes

es and laws All immoral acts which tend to the prejudice of the community are punishable by courts of justice 2 TYPES OF CRIME Felony a serious crime punishable by at least one year in prison people who are guilty of felony lose certain rights like deprivation of poverty, right to vote, or to be voted upon, and prohibition to enter in contracts Misdemeanor minor misdeed; a crime which the punishment is in the form of a fine and/or one year in prison NATURES OF CRIME Mala in se crimes that are bad in nature; all offenses against established moral laws Mala Prohibita crimes that are deemed bad because they are prohibited; crimes against sound policies

CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES Public Justice prison breaking; compounding felonies; oppression; extortion; suppressing evidence; negligence or misconduct in inferior officers; obstructing legal process Sovereign Power treason; misprision of treason Religion and Public Worship blasphemy; disturbing public worship Chastity sodomy; adultery; incest; bigamy Decency and Morality public indecency; drunkenness Public Police and Economy common nuisances; keeping disorderly houses; idleness, vagrancy, beggary Public Policy gambling; illegal lotteries Individuals homicide; mayhem; rape; poisoning; administering drugs to a woman to cause miscarriage; concealing death;

assault and battery; kidnapping; false imprisonment; abduction Private Property burglary; arson; robbery; forgery/counterfeiting; larceny; receiving stolen goods; malicious mischief FACTORS RESULTING TO THE INCREASE OF CRIME RATE Demographic Variables Globalization Macroeconomic Factors Criminal Justice Responses Technology

SANCTIONS/PENALTIES Arresto menor - penalty is 1-30 days Arresto mayor - 1 month and 1 day - 6 months Prison correccional - 6 months and 1 day - 6 years Prison mayor - 6 years and 1 day - 12 years Reclusion temporal - 12 years and 1 day - 20 years Reclusion perpetua - 30 years - lifetime