R A11131

ALBOTRA, JERUSALEM S. JR.
BS CRIM 3L
CR 222 CA2
ASSIGNMENT
What is Republic Act no. 11131?
AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND

APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6506, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS "AN ACT CREATING THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CRIMINOLOGISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES"
ARTICLE I
TITLE, POLICY, OBJECTIVES, TERMS AND PRACTICE
Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as "The Philippine Criminology Profession Act of 2018".
Section 2. Statement of Policy. - The State recognizes the importance of criminology profession in
national security, public safety, peace and order, and in nation-building and development. Hence, it shall
develop and nurture competent, virtuous, productive and well-rounded criminologists whose standards
of professional practice and service shall be excellent, qualitative, world-class and globally competitive
through sacred, honest, effective and credible licensure examinations, coupled with programs and
activities that would promote professional growth and development.
Section 3. Objectives. - This Act shall govern:
(a) The examination, registration and licensure for criminologists;
(b) The supervision, control and regulation of the practice of criminology;
(c) The standardization and regulation of criminology education;
(d) The development of the professional competence of criminologists through Continuing Professional
Development (CPD); and
(e) The integration of all criminology professional groups, and membership of all registered
criminologists to the accredited professional organization.
Section 4. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) APO refers to the Accredited Professional Organization of criminologists, that the Professional
Regulatory Board of Criminology created hereunder and, hereinafter referred to as the Board, as
the one and only recognized and accredited integrated national organization of criminologists,
subject to the approval of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) hereinafter referred to
as the Commission created under Republic Act No. 8981, otherwise known as the "PRC
Modernization Act of 2000";
(b) Board refers to the Professional Regulatory Board for Criminologists created hereunder;
(c) CHED refers to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) created under Republic Act No.
7722, otherwise known as "Higher Education Act of 1994", in the formulation of policy
standards, and monitoring of the criminology education in the country, which shall be assisted
by the Criminology Technical Panel composed of the president of the APO, Chairperson of the
Board of Criminology, one (1) from the academe, and two (2) from the law enforcement
agencies;
(d) Commission refers to Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) hereinafter referred to as the
Commission created under Republic Act No. 8981, otherwise known as the "PRC Modernization
Act of 2000";
(e) Criminology refers to the scientific study of crimes, criminals, and victims, it also deals with the
prevention, and solution of crimes;
(f) Profession refers to the art and science in the practice of criminology discipline; and,
(g) Registered criminologist refers to a natural person who holds a valid certificate of registration
and an updated professional identification card as criminologist issued by the Board and the
Commission pursuant to this Act.
Section 5. Scope of Practice. - The practice of criminology shall include, but shall not be limited to, acts
or activities performed:
(a) In line with the practice of profession or occupation as a law enforcement administrator,
executive, adviser, consultant, officer, investigator, agent or employee in any private or
government agencies performing law enforcement and quasi-police functions at the Philippine
National Police (PNP), the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology (BJMP), the Provincial Jail, the Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR), the
Probation and Parole Administration (PPA), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the Bureau of
Customs (BoC), the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), other government and private banks, the
Philippine Postal Corporation (PPC), the Sea and Air Marshalls, the VIP Security, Airport and
Seaport Police, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA), the Intelligence Service of
the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), and other intelligence service or agencies of the
government exercising similar functions;
(b) In line with the practice of teaching profession such as those performed by a professor,
instructor or teacher in any university, college or school duly recognized by the government of
any of the following professional and component subjects of the criminology program: (1)
Criminal Jurisprudence and Procedure; (2) Criminalistics; (3) Law Enforcement Administration;
(4) Crime Detection and Investigation; (5) Correctional Administration; and (6) Criminal
Sociology and Ethics, and other technical and specialized subjects in the criminology curriculum
provided by the CHED;
(c) As a technician, examiner/criminalist, or specialist in dactyloscopy, questioned document,
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), lie detection, firearms identification, forensic photography,
forensic chemistry and other scientific crime detection and investigation;
(d) As a correctional administrator, executive, supervisor, or officer in any rehabilitation,
correctional, and penal institution or facility, and in any community-based corrections, and
rehabilitation agencies and/or programs;
(e) As a counsellor, consultant, adviser or researcher in any government or private agency on any
aspect of criminological research or project involving the causes of crime, children in conflict
with the law, treatment of offenders, police operations, law enforcement administration,
scientific criminal investigation or public safety and national security administration; and
(f) As a private investigator, administrator, consultant or agent, or detective in any private security
and investigation agency organized under the laws of the Philippines

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ALBOTRA, JERUSALEM S. JR.

What is Republic Act no. 11131?

AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND

TITLE, POLICY, OBJECTIVES, TERMS AND PRACTICE

Section 3. Objectives. - This Act shall govern:

(a) The examination, registration and licensure for criminologists;

(b) The supervision, control and regulation of the practice of criminology;

(c) The standardization and regulation of criminology education;

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