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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – a generic term used to
describe the network of laws and rules which
govern the procedural administration of criminal
justice.

CRIMINAL PROFILING – is the process of inferring
distinctive personality characteristics of individuals
who commit crimes.

CRIMINAL PSYCHODYNAMICS – the study of
mental process of criminals in action

CRIMINALIST – one who study criminalistics or
forensic science. He is a physical scientist who uses
scientific methods and techniques to find and
interpret physical evidence. His interest is
concerned with criminalistic tools which includes
DNA, blood, fingerprints, ballistics, etc. They rely
on scientific findings and techniques used in a
particular field and apply them within a legal
framework.

CRIMINALISTICS – is the application of scientific
disciplines, such as geology, physics, chemistry,
biology, and mathematics, to criminal investigation
and the study of physical evidence.

CRIMINOGENESIS – is also known as criminal
etiology; the study focused on the causes of
crimes.

CRIMINOGENIC PROCESSES – it explains human
behavior and the experiences which help the
nature of a persons' personality as reaching
mechanism. Factors and experiences in
connection thereto infringe differently upon

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