The Mediating Effect of Community Safety on the Relationship Between the Crime Prevention and Residents’ Satisfaction
Journal Title: Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal - Year 2024, Vol 24, Issue 4
Abstract
The study aimed to determine the mediating effect of community safety on the relationship between crime prevention and residents’ satisfaction. The descriptive non-experimental quantitative design utilizing descriptive correlational technique was employed in this study. In selecting the respondents, random sampling was used, thus, 150 respondents were randomly selected from 10 different barangays in the City of Tacurong. Based on the results of the study, the extent of crime prevention was always in terms of crime prevention through social development, while seldom in community crime prevention, situational crime prevention, and developmental crime prevention. The level of resident’s satisfaction was very high in terms of quality of service, police-community relation, police performance, and victimization. The extent of community safety was always on police investigation in the City of Tacurong. On the other hand, there was a significant relationship between crime prevention and community safety, resident’s satisfaction and community safety, and resident satisfaction and crime prevention. Furthermore, there was a direct effect of crime prevention and residents’ satisfaction, crime prevention and community safety, and residents’ satisfaction on police investigations. The study implied that community safety plays a significant mediating role in influencing the relationship between crime prevention efforts and residents' satisfaction.
Authors and Affiliations
Rodne Rufino, Marnie Besas
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