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CLE (Criminology) study plan

CLE (Criminology) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Criminal Jurisprudence and Procedure

  • Outline the Philippine criminal justice system's five pillars and their constitutional and statutory bases, citing at least three provisions per pillar.

  • Distinguish malum in se from malum prohibitum and apply the distinction to five hypothetical offenses.

  • Map the procedural flow from arrest through arraignment to trial, identifying the governing rule for each stage.

  • Draft a one-page flowchart of criminal procedure from probable cause determination to judgment.

Your checkpoint

A one-page criminal procedure flowchart with rule citations at each stage.

Week 2

Criminal Jurisprudence and Procedure

  • Compare the elements of the stages of execution of a felony (consummated, frustrated, attempted) across three offense types.

  • Analyze the rules on warrantless arrests and searches by writing issue-spotting answers to four fact patterns.

  • Explain the rights of the accused under the Bill of Rights and identify the remedy for each violation.

  • Summarize the rules on bail, rights to counsel, and speedy trial in a comparative table.

Your checkpoint

A comparative table of the rules on bail, counsel, and speedy trial with constitutional anchors.

Week 3

Crime Detection and Investigation

  • Sequence the steps of a criminal investigation from first responder to case build-up, noting the documentary output at each step.

  • Apply the elements of at least six specific felonies to short fact patterns and identify the correct offense.

  • Distinguish the roles of the investigator, prosecutor, and court in the preliminary investigation stage.

  • Draft an investigation checklist for a hypothetical robbery case, listing evidence to collect and legal bases for each action.

Your checkpoint

A complete investigation checklist for a hypothetical robbery with legal bases per action.

Week 4

Crime Detection and Investigation & Law Enforcement Administration

  • Interpret the organizational structure and functions of the PNP, NBI, and allied agencies in a one-page comparison.

  • Apply the rules on arrest, search, and seizure to three law enforcement scenarios and justify each action.

  • Explain the principles of police planning, patrol deployment, and crime mapping with one worked example each.

  • Distinguish administrative from operational law enforcement functions and identify the supervisory responsibilities at each level.

Your checkpoint

A one-page comparison of PNP, NBI, and allied agency mandates and functions.

Week 5

Criminalistics (Forensic Science)

  • Describe the chain of custody for physical evidence from collection to court presentation, listing documentation at each transfer.

  • Classify forensic evidence types (biological, chemical, physical, digital) and match each to the appropriate laboratory examination.

  • Explain the principles of fingerprint identification, ballistics, and questioned document examination with one application each.

  • Evaluate the admissibility of forensic evidence under the rules on evidence and identify common grounds for exclusion.

Your checkpoint

A chain-of-custody template with documentation checkpoints for five evidence types.

Week 6

Correctional Administration

  • Outline the Philippine correctional system's components (BJMP, BuCor, probation, parole) and their legal bases.

  • Compare the rights of persons deprived of liberty under national law and international standards.

  • Explain the Indeterminate Sentence Law and apply it to three sentencing scenarios.

  • Analyze the reintegration programs available to released offenders and their statutory foundations.

Your checkpoint

A sentencing worksheet applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law to three scenarios.

Week 7

Crime Prevention and Criminological Research & Professional Conduct and Ethical Standards

  • Design a crime prevention program using the principles of situational and social crime prevention, specifying target, method, and evaluation metric.

  • Interpret basic criminological statistics and identify common research designs used in criminology.

  • Apply the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethical Standards to five ethical dilemmas faced by criminologists and law enforcers.

  • Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of criminologists in law enforcement, correction, and research settings.

Your checkpoint

A one-page crime prevention program proposal with measurable evaluation metrics.

Week 8

Criminal Jurisprudence and Procedure & Crime Detection and Investigation & Criminalistics (Forensic Science)

  • Synthesize the heaviest domains by answering 60 mixed practice items under timed conditions.

  • Review incorrect answers and write a one-sentence rule statement for each missed concept.

  • Rehearse issue-spotting on three integrated fact patterns combining procedure, investigation, and forensics.

  • Finalize a one-page personal rule sheet of the 20 most frequently tested legal doctrines.

Your checkpoint

A scored 60-item practice set with a written rule statement for every missed item.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a self-made 30-item quiz on criminal jurisprudence and procedure, and explain every wrong answer in writing.

Week 4: Complete the investigation checklist and agency comparison, then pass an oral recitation of the warrantless arrest rules without notes.

Week 6: Submit the chain-of-custody template and sentencing worksheet, and correctly apply the Indeterminate Sentence Law to all three scenarios.

Week 8: Achieve at least 75% on the timed 60-item mixed practice set and submit the one-page rule sheet covering 20 doctrines.