Abstract
M.Ed.
The police department renders many services to the community members. Among all those
services, there is a programme called "The Community Policing Forum" (CPF), which
deals mostly with crime prevention. In such a programme, community members are
actively involved in crime prevention, but this does not mean that the community members
must take law into their own hands. And it also does not mean that the police must not
carry out their duties. Unlike in the past, when the police worked alone in crime
prevention, the Community Policing forum encourages partnership between both the police
and the community members.
Research has been done on this topic, but I did this research because I wanted to explore
the issue of what makes crime escalate despite the police's patrol. Throughout my
investigations, I found out that both the police and the community members contribute to
the high rate of crime.
The central themes in my research were formulated around these issues, in which I wanted
to explore issues only in a tentative and descriptive way: To find out if people know about the preventative measures to be taken in order to
reduce crime.
To find out if politics have a negative effect on crime prevention.
To find out if people's negligence and ignorance can contribute to the high rate of
crime.
To find out if the community members together with the police can alleviate crime.
I conducted my research by interviewing, observing, attending CPF meetings and using
questionnaires. Through the data collected in this way I found out the people's views on
crime. I found out that all of them are against crime and they are all in favour of crime
prevention, but that they needed more information and also skills to prevent crime in this
community.