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Criminology Board Exam

Posted on July 18, 2012 in Licensure Examinations

 

The Criminology Board Exam, also known as the Licensure Exam for Criminologists, is a board exam facilitated by the Board of Criminology under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of BS Criminology graduates. It traces its history back to July 01, 1972 when the Board Examiners for Criminology was created pursuant to Republic Act No. 6506 entitled “An Act Creating the Board of Examiners for Criminologists in the Philippines and For Other Purposes.”

As per PRC, individuals who passed the Criminology board exam need not take any other qualifying exams to be eligible for the following government positions:

  • Dactylographer
  • Ballistician
  • Questioned Document Examiner
  • Correctional Officer
  • Law Enforcement Photographer
  • Lie Detection Examiner
  • Probation Officer
  • Agents in any law enforcement agency
  • Security Officer
  • Criminal Investigator
  • Police Laboratory Technician
  • Patrolman in chartered cities and municipalities (provided they posses the general qualifications for appointment provided in Section 9 of Republic Act 4864)

SCOPE OF THE EXAM

The licensure exam will cover all the important things you have learned during your four years in college. These include the following:

  • Criminal Jurisprudence, Procedure, and Evidence (20 %) -  Criminal Law Book I, Criminal Law Book II, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Court Testimony
  • Law Enforcement Administration (20%) - Police Organization and Administration with Police Planning, Industrial Security Administration, Police Patrol Operations with Police Communication System, Police Intelligence, Police Personnel and Records Management, Comparative System
  • Criminalistics (20%) - Personal Identification, Police Photography, Forensic Ballistics, Questioned Documents Examination, Polygraph (Lie Detection), Legal Medicine
  • Crime Detection and Investigation (15%) - Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation, Traffic Management and Accident Investigation, Special Crime Investigation, Organized Crime Investigation, Drug Education and Vice Control, Fire Technology and Arson Investigation
  • Sociology of Crimes and Ethics (15%) - Introduction to Criminology and Psyc hology of Crimes, Philippine Criminal Justice System, Ethics and Values, Juvenile Delinquency, Human Behavior and Crisis Management and Criminological Research and Statistics
  • Correctional Administration (10%) - Institutional Corrections, Non-institutional Corrections

TAKING THE EXAM

Licensure exams for BS Criminology graduates are held twice a year, usually around the months of March and October. Below are the dates and testing centers for the 2013 Criminology Board Exam:

DATE  DAY/s  PLACE DEADLINE OF FILING
April 7, 8 & 9, 2013 Sun,Mon,Tue / Manila, All Regional Offices (except Pagadian), Zamboanga Mar. 18, 2013
To be Announced To be Announced To be Announced

NATIONAL PASSING RATE

The table below shows the number of board passers in the Licensure Exam for Criminologists in the last 2 years:

EXAM EXAM TAKERS BOARD PASSERS PASSING RATE
March 2012 11,748 3,825 32%
October 2011 17,804 7,789 44%
April 2011 10,943 2,361 21%
If you are interested in which schools produce the most number of board exam passers for this course, you can find the list of top performing schools in the last two years below:


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The Criminology Board Exam, also known as the Licensure Exam for Criminologists, is a board exam facilitated by the Board of Criminology under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of BS Criminology graduates. It traces its history back to July 01, 1972 when the Board Examiners for Criminology was created pursuant to Republic Act No. 6506 entitled “An Act Creating the Board of Examiners for Criminologists in the Philippines and For Other Purposes.” As per PRC, individuals who passed the Criminology board exam need not take any other qualifying exams to be eligible for the following government positions: Dactylographer Ballistician Questioned Document Examiner Correctional Officer Law …


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  1. Mary Gracee Gallagher says:
    02/13/2013 at 11:50 pm

    really appreacited if u can also send a link of reviewer books in thia site.thaank you

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    • courses.com.ph says:
      02/15/2013 at 2:07 pm

      Hi, Mary Grace!

      Thanks for coming back!

      Unfortunately, we have no available links to review materials for the board exams as of now. We’ll definitely update the post if and when we come across such information, though.
      :)

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