THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY POLICING ON CRIME PREVENTION : ODEDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE
Abstract
This project examines the impact of Community policing on crime prevention Odeda Local Government Ogun State, with the objective of the study which are; to examine the situations of crime in the community, Assesing the relationship between community police communication and crime prevention, analysing the relationship between community-police partnership and crime prevention , and evaluating problem solving strategies on crime. These are the objectives that are aimed at this research work.
This study adopted a mixed design, several technique ranging from probablity and non-probability sampling technique. For quantitative data collection, multi-stage and simple random was adopted. 6 in-depth interviews was conducted with participants from PCRC and Ibara Police station. All ethical consideration were observed.
This research work gathered findings that poverty is a leading cause of crime, revealed that socio-economic factors, unemployment and poverty are significant predicators od crime prevelance. This work also shows results that the community largely views its relationship with the police positively, supports the hypotesis that there is a significant relationship between community police communication and crime prevention.
In summary, this study examined the role of community policing in crime prevention, focusing on three; socio-economic conditions, community police communication, and community-police partnership. In conclusion, this study concludes all findings confirms that effective crime prevention requires a holistic approach that integration socio-economic developmen, participating country polcing and strong collaboration between the police and residents. This study recommedated; socio-economic, economic intervation, enhanced communication, strengthen-community- police partnership, awareness and education.
Keywords: Community policing, crime prevention, community police communication, community police partnership.
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