Citizens’ Awareness on Crime Prevention Techniques and Personal Security of Residents in the River Side Barangays of Cagayan De Oro City

Abstract

This study was conducted in Barangays Macabalan, Carmen and consolacion, Cagayan de Oro City. The descriptive method of research was used in the study. The descriptive method of research is a fact-finding study with adequate and accurate interpretation of the findings. It describes what is in the study. It involves the description, recording, analysis and interpretation of the present nature, composition or processes of phenomena. This research design is especially useful in the organization and presentation of data in a convenient form, considered in the analysis of the study as it focused on the three major points 1.) Level of of crime prevention techniques in terms of protection against sex crime, protection against child molestation, protection against kidnapping, and protection against snatcher, pickpockets and other robbers. 2.) Personal 3.) The significant relationship between the level of of crime prevention techniques and level of personal for the residents in selected riverside barangays in the Cagayan de oro city. The analysis yielded in the following results of the perceptions of the citizen's of crime prevention techniques and personal among the residents in selected riverside barangays in Cagayan de Oro City in terms of protection against snatching, kidnapping, and molestation and sex criminals. The findings reveal awareness ratings on the protection against snatchers, pickpockets and robbers and six for protection against kidnapping, molestation and nine against sex criminals, twenty personal security on the personal which implies very personal On the other hand, there is a significant relation between the level of of crime prevention techniques and the level of personal among the residents. The conclusion was based on the findings of the study; that most of the items have the description of complete such as protection against snatcher, kidnapping, molestation and sex criminal. A rating of high personal security was found in personal security. There is a significant relationship between level of of crime prevention techniques and the level of personal among the residents. Keywords - Citizen, Awareness, crime prevention, Techniques, Personal Security, Residents, Selected Riverside Barangays, Cagayan de oro City Language: en