MAILA ROSARIO COLLEGE

College of Criminology

Chapter 4

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This Chapter presented the result of the findings of

the study including the interpretation and analysis

acquired by the researchers from the respondents.

1. Profile of the Respondents

1.1. Age

Table 2.a

Distribution of the Respondents in terms of Age

Years f %
17-18 18 36.00
19-20 29 58.00
21-22 3 6.00
Total 50 100.0
Mean age: 19.06

This shows that out of 50 respondents, 29 or 58%

belong to age bracket of 19-20 while 3 of the respondents

belong to ages from 21-22. The mean age is 19.06 which

implies that majority of the respondents are young

adolescents.

1.2. Gender

Table 2.b
Distribution of the Respondents
in terms of Gender
Gender f %
Males 32 64.00
Females 18 36.00
Total 50 100.00
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It can be assessed from the table that that out of

50 respondents, 32 or 64% are males and 18 or 36% are

females. This finding implies that the respondents of the

study are dominated by males.

1.3. Year Level

Table 2.c
Distribution of the Respondents
in terms of Year Level
Rank f %
1st Year 10 20.00
2nd Year 10 20.00
3rd Year 15 30.00
4th Year 15 30.00
Total 50 100.00

The table found out that 15 or 30% of the

respondents belong to 3rd Year and 4th Year BS Criminology

students while 10 or 20% of them belong to 1st year and 2nd

year students. It implies that majority of the

respondents are 3rd Year and 4th Year students.

1.4. Civil Status

Table 2.d

Distribution of the Respondents

According to Civil Status
Civil Status f %
Single 50 100.00
Married 0 0
Total 50 100.00
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The table found out that all of the respondents are

single. This means that all the respondents are single as

indicated in their mean age of 19.

1.6. Religion

Table 2.e

Distribution of the Respondents

According to Religion
Religion f %
Roman Catholic 38 76.0
INC 8 16.0
Methodists 4 8.0
total 50 100.00

The table found out that, 38 or 76% belong to Roman

Catholics and 4 or 8% of them belong to Methodists. This

implies that majority of them are Roman Catholics.

1.6. Highest Educational Attainment of Parents

Table 2.f

Distribution of the Respondents According

to Educational Attainment of Parents
Educational Attainment f %
High School Graduate 4 8.0
College Level 26 52.0
College Graduate 20 40.0
total 50 100.00

The table found out that out of 50 respondents, 26

or 52% are College level and 4 or 8% of them are high

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school graduates. This implies that majority of them are

in the College level.

1.7. Occupation of Parents

Table 2.g

Distribution of the Respondents

According to Occupation of Parents
f %
Govt Employee 22 44.0
Private Employee 24 48.0
Abroad 4 8.0
Total 50 100.0

The table found out that 24 or 48% of the parents of

the respondents are private employees and 4 or 8% of them

are working abroad.

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2. Measures on Crime against Property; Theft
relative to:
2.1. Police Visibility

Table 3.a

Measures on Crime against Property; Theft

relative to Police Visibility

Indicators WM DS
1. The local police utilizes mobile cars in responding to theft 2.32 Sometimes
2. The local police conducts patrol using patrol/mobile
2.00 Sometimes
cars/motorcycles to arrest criminals.
3. Mobile cars and police motor riders are visible in crime prone areas
2.44 Always
24/7.
4. The local police utilizes mobile patrol with official markings and
2.44 Always
designate official drivers for crime responses.
5. The local police responds more quickly to police assistance using Sometimes
1.96
patrol/mobile cars.
6. The local police provides radio communication equipment and Sometimes
1.96
cellphone to duty/dispatch personnel.
7. The local police conduct patrols in crime prone areas with radio Sometimes
1.92
communication and cellphone issue.
8. The local police dispatches police personnel for assistance Sometimes
2.32
equipped with radio communication and cellphone.
9. The local police responds to police assistance through radio,
2.52 Always
telephone and cellphone.
10. The local police utilizes mobile cars in responding to theft 2.52 Always
Total 2.24 Sometimes

The table found out that respondents assessed that

items The local police responds to police assistance

through radio, telephone and cellphone and The local

police utilizes mobile cars in responding to theft have

the highest mean of 2.52 interpreted as Always. This

implies that the local police are equipped with

communication gadgets and police mobile vehicles in

responding theft incidents.

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The respondents assessed item The local police

conduct patrols in crime prone areas with radio

communication and cellphone issue with a lowest mean of

1.92 interpreted as Sometimes. This means that the

patrollers have issue on lack of handheld radios while

patrolling in crime prone areas.

As a whole, the respondents assessed the measures on

crime against theft relative to police visibility as

Sometimes implemented with an average weighted mean of

2.24.

2.2. Police Community Relations

Table 3.a

Measures on Crime against Property; Theft

relative to Police Community Relations

Indicators WM DS
1. Patrols crime prone areas together with the Barangay Peacekeeping
2.34 Always
Action Team and other force multipliers.
2. Encourages community participation in information gathering on
2.06 Sometimes
crimes reported.
3. Responses immediately to reported crimes with the assistance of
2.44 Always
the community members.
4. Conducts information gathering and intelligence through trained
2.24 Sometimes
assets from the community.
5. Enjoins the community to act as witnesses in filling cases against Sometimes
1.82
suspect/s.
6. The PNP conducts operation linis drive 2.00 Sometimes
7. The PNP conducts barangay pulong pulong 1.96 Sometimes
8. The PNP conducts barangay and school visitations 2.28 Sometimes
9. The PNP conducts baranagay immersion program 2.24 Sometimes
10. The PNP conducts medical mission 2.20 Sometimes
Total 2.16 Sometimes
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The respondents found out that item Responses

immediately to reported crimes with the assistance of the

community members with a highest mean of 2.44

interpreted as Always. This implies that theft

incidents are being acted upon on time by the patrollers

thru the cooperation of the community residents.

The respondents assessed item Enjoins the community

to act as witnesses in filling cases against suspect/s

with a lowest mean of 1.82 interpreted as Sometimes.

This means that the community residents are not

cooperative to testify as witness in filling of cases

against arrested thieves.

As a whole, the respondents assessed the measures on

crime against theft relative to police community

relations as Sometimes implemented with an average

weighted mean of 2.16.

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3. Test of the significant difference between the
measures of crimes against Theft relative to the
above dimensions.

Table 4
Comparison between the significant difference between the
measures of crimes against Theft relative to the above
dimensions

N Mean t df Sig. Decision

Dimensions Respondents
1st Year 10 2.2700
POLICE
2nd Year 10 2.2700
VISIBILITY 20.524 9 .000 Ho rejected
3rd Year 15 2.2200
4th Year 15 2.2200
1st Year 10 2.1100
2nd Year 10 2.0800
PCR 17.769 9 .000 Ho rejected
3rd Year 15 2.1667
4th Year 15 2.2333

The test of significant difference shown in the

above revealed that there is enough evidence to reject

the null hypothesis. A significant difference exists

between the measures of crimes against Theft relative to

the above dimensions with a lesser p-value of .05

significance level.

This implies that the assessment of the respondents

on the measures of crimes against Theft relative to the

above dimensions is varied.

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4. Correlation between the measures of crimes against

property specifically on Theft incidents as perceived
by the Maila Rosario College students and their
profile variables.

Table 5
Correlation between the measures of crimes against
property specifically on Theft incidents as
perceived by the Maila Rosario College
students and their profile variables

Profile Dimensions Police Visibility PCR

Age Pearson Correlation .155 .251
Sig. (2-tailed) .283 .079
N 50 50
Gender Pearson Correlation .088 .114
Sig. (2-tailed) .542 .429
N 50 50
Civil Status Pearson Correlation .b .b
Sig. (2-tailed) . .
N 50 50
Religion Pearson Correlation .023 .162
Sig. (2-tailed) .874 .262
N 50 50
Parents Pearson Correlation .035 .072
Education Sig. (2-tailed) .812 .618
N 50 50
Parents Pearson Correlation .083 .290*
Occupation Sig. (2-tailed) .567 .041
N 50 50

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

b. Cannot be computed because at least one of the variables is
constant.

Above table revealed that only parents education

and occupation profile variables of the respondents

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showed significant relationship between the measures of

crimes against property specifically on Theft incidents

as perceived by the Maila Rosario College students and

their profile variables as indicated by the lesser p-

value at the 0.05 level of significance, all other

variables are accepted.

Respondents assessments are influenced by their

parents education and occupation variables.

5. Proposed measures to prevent the occurrence of theft

incidents.

PNP should conduct more police visibility at the

crime prone areas in the barangay to deter criminals from

committing similar crimes.

PNP should conduct more community-based

activities to encourage citizens to partake in the PNP

programs.

Request more marked vehicles equipped with hand

held radios to be used in patrol.