Classified into three general categories:
1. Destruction of Life2. Physical Injuries
- a. Mutilation
- b. Serious
- c. Less Serious
- d. slight
3. Rape
- Simple
- Qualified
Destruction of Life. The killing of a human being.
Death and its inevitability has been the subject of inquiry: philosophical, religious, biological and legal approaches.
Homicide - when used in its general sense it denotes that the death of a person was not due to a suicide or because of an accident or to natural causes but because of the act of a person. The term “homicidal death” refers to a death which was caused by another either intentionally or by negligence.
Terms used depending on who the victim was:
- Parricide - the killing of one’s father
- Matricide - the killing of one’s mother
- Filicide - the killing of a child
- Fratricide - the killing of one’s brother or sister
- Uxoricide - the killing of one’s wife
- Prolicide - the killing of one’s offspring
- Hosticide - the killing of an enemy
- Hospiticide - the killing of one’s host or guest
- Feminicide - the killing of a woman
- Infanticide - the killing of an infant
- Suicide - the killing of one’s self
- Regicide - the killing of a king or queen
- Genocide - the massacre of a people
Classification Under the Revised Penal Code
Factors Which Determine What Offense Arose from the Death of a Person
- The presence of qualifying aggravating circumstances
- The relationship between the accused and the victim
- Whether the victim is born or still a fetus
- The age of the victim
