CPE Guidelines for Registered Criminologists

Ensures competence, technical skills, and scientific knowledge for license renewal.
Focuses on upgrading scientific, administrative, and technical capabilities and maintaining high professional integrity.
Promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among criminologists.
Facilitates knowledge exchange among practitioners in various criminological sub-disciplines.
Monitors the quality and relevance of professional activities including seminars and workshops.

A requirement of 45 credit units over a three-year period for ID card renewal.
Excess credits cannot be carried over to the next period.
The Professional Criminologists Association of the Philippines (PCAP) CPE Accreditation Committee authorizes structured activities.
The committee oversees development, assessment, and record-keeping related to CPE programs.

Comprises five PCAP members representing key criminology specializations: Education/Research, Law Enforcement, Investigation, Criminalistics, and Corrections/Probation.
A Board of Criminology member is an ex-officio liaison.
Members must be Registered Criminologists with at least five years of experience and recognized expertise.
Three-year terms, renewable once.
Tasks include formulating guidelines, accrediting programs, monitoring activities, and revising guidelines.
Elects a chairman and vice-chairman; quorum requires three members.
Meets monthly at minimum and staffs a CPE Center for administration.

Participation in professional meetings, seminars, workshops, and conferences related to criminology.
Postgraduate academic courses related to criminology or allied fields.
On-the-job training, externships, apprenticeships, and specialized diplomate courses.
Approved activities recommended or organized by the CPE Committee.
Authorship of criminology-related books, articles, research papers, and instructional materials.
Self-instructional materials with clear objectives and evaluations.

Applications for accreditation or authority to conduct CPE activities must be submitted to the PCAP CPE Center.
Registered Criminologists must earn a minimum of 15 credit units annually for a total of 45 over three years for license renewal.
Only CPE-approved activities qualify for credit; non-approved activities may be evaluated upon request.
Records of CPE credits and activities maintained by the accrediting committee secretariat.
Credit evaluation includes: 1 credit per hour of participation; 15 credits per postgraduate semester; 20 credits for three-month training; 20 credits per book published; 10 credits per article or training module; 15 credits per published research.
Some exemptions apply: practitioners over 60, those bedridden over one year, or those abroad for studies or assignments (for up to three years).
The committee may collect reasonable fees to support program administration.

The guidelines became effective in 1991 after approval and publication.
Designed to systematically enhance the qualifications and professional development of Registered Criminologists in the Philippines.