OFFICIAL PROGRAM: August 2026 Licensure Exam for Criminologists (LEC)

The August 2026 Licensure Exam for Criminologists (LEC) will be conducted in the following testing centers nationwide: NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Palawan, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, Antique, Bacolod, Bayambang, Bohol, Cauayan, Dumaguete, llocos Norte, llocos Sur, Kidapawan, Lipa (Batangas), Nueva Vizcaya, and Sablayan (Occidental Mindoro).

This year’s second LEC will be conducted on August 01, 02 & 03, 2026.

Program for August 2026 LEC

Exam Coverage

The August 2026 Licensure Exam for Criminologists (LEC) will cover the following topics:

Criminal Jurisprudence, Procedure, And Evidence (criminal law book I, criminal law book II; criminal procedure, evidence, and court testimony)
Law Enforcement Administration (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 police system)
Criminalistics (personal identification, police photography, forensic ballistics, questioned documents examination, polygraph – lie detection, legal medicine)
Crime Detection And Investigation (fundamentals of criminal investigation, traffic management, accident investigation, special crime investigation, organized crime investigation, drug education, and vice control, fire technology, and arson investigation)
Sociology of Crimes and Ethics (introduction to criminology and psychology of crimes, Philippine criminal justice system, ethics and values, juvenile delinquency, human behavior, and crisis management, and criminological research and statistics)
Correctional Administration (institutional corrections, non-institutional corrections)

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