A Feasibility Study to Inaugurate the Rangsit Crime Survey

Jomdet Trimek

doi:10.5539/ass.v11n5p48

Abstract

Thailand’s crime data collection system is yet to be on par with international standards, resulting in distortedanalysis of actual crime situation and difficulty in formulating crime reduction policy. This research analysescrime data collection system of the United States and the United Kingdom in order to study ways to inaugurate acrime survey and find out the best means of carrying out such project by Rangsit University. This research isconducted qualitatively via in-depth interview of six crime data collection and analysis experts in order torecognise the problems and formulate solutions for crime data collection in Thailand. In addition, a focus groupconsisting of eight crime data collection experts will be formed to determine the procedure involved in theRangsit Crime Survey. The researchers found out that crime data collection system in Thailand, in particular theRoyal Thai Police’s five-group crime data collection, still has shortcomings in terms of redundant and outdatedoffense categorisation, and problems in data collection and dissemination. Crime survey conducted by the Officeof Justice Affairs still has limitations regarding the development of interview forms, data collection, budgetconstraints, and dissemination of data which may be harmful to other state agencies. As for the feasibility ofconducting crime survey by Rangsit University, the experts agree that such survey be conducted in the form ofCrime Fear Poll, the most feasible method which incurs least costs and minimal staff requirements. The name ofthe project will be the “RSU Crime Survey”.

Highlights

The crime problem or the safety problem of the citizen’s life and property is one of the important problems for evaluating the quality of life of the citizens in the society because the existing of the crime can cause the negative impacts to the citizen directly and indirectly as well as can be a factor to stop the growth and country development
This research analyzes the pattern from The British Crime Survey or The Crime Survey for England and Wales, The US Uniform Crime Report (UCR), and National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to be a prototype by studying from the beginning to build the pattern of crime statistic collecting from the crime victims to the method of the implementation including the problems and obstacles occurred in order to utilize the way of data analyzing and the development of the data collecting system in Thailand
Until 1857, the case statistics from the police report were applied and there has been the development of the statistic collecting annually, 3 important reports were the National Crime Survey of England and Wales, punishment statistics of the court of justice, and the statistics of the prisoners from the department of correction

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Introduction

The crime problem or the safety problem of the citizen’s life and property is one of the important problems for evaluating the quality of life of the citizens in the society because the existing of the crime can cause the negative impacts to the citizen directly and indirectly as well as can be a factor to stop the growth and country development. The researcher will study the direct and indirect related statistical methods of the crime problem in the related organizations and institutions in Thailand for analyzing the benefits, methods, processes, and the possibility to create the survey project of the crime status with the Rangsit Crime Survey. This includes the study of the possibility of using the crime statistics to be the main statistics following with the 5 groups of the crime case statistics of the Royal Thai Police at the present time. This is for better reflecting the scope of the crime happening including for creating the policy to solve the crime problem, and for the providing the budget using for the crime problem in each area to be right to the problem and more efficient than the present time

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