COMMUNITY LEADERS’ PARTICIPATION IN WISETCHAICHAN POLICE STATION’S CRIME PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION IN WISETCHAICHAN DISTRICT, ANGTHONG PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study community leaders’ participation in Wisetchaichan Police Station’s in crime prevention and suppression in Wisetchaichan District, Angthong Province, 2) compare the community leaders’ participation in Wisetchaichan Police Station’s in crime prevention and suppression in Wisetchaichan District, Angthong Province, classified by personal factors, as well as experience in crime, and knowledge and understanding of crime prevention, 3) study guidelines for promoting and supporting the community leaders’ participation in Wisetchaichan Police Station’s in crime prevention and suppression in Wisetchaichan District, Angthong Province. The samples were 210 community leaders, the research instruments used was a questionnaire. The results indicated that 1) the participation of community leaders in preventing and suppressing crime was at a high level overall. Participation in support, planning, and implementation was also at a high level, whereas participation in monitoring and evaluation was at a moderate level. 2) The differences in community leaders' personal factors include gender, marital status, and educational level, as well as different experiences with crime showed significant difference in participation in crime prevention and suppression at the 0.05. However, the differences in ages showed no significant difference in participation in crime prevention and suppression at the 0.05. In addition, knowledge and understanding of crime prevention have a positive relationship with community leaders’ participation, indicating that they had a high level of knowledge and understanding of crime prevention. 3) Guidelines for promoting and supporting the participation of community leaders included: (1) encouraging community leaders to be aware of tracking and monitoring criminals, (2) encouraging community leaders to have the courage to express their opinions or suggestions regarding the results of crime prevention and suppression, (3) encouraging community leaders to participate in praising or giving encouragement to police officers in preventing and suppressing crimes, (4) increasing motivation by giving compensation, rewards, or certificates to those involved in crime prevention and suppression work, and (5) providing knowledge about how to use online media and technology for communication, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation of performance in order to encourage and assist community leaders in collaborating more effectively with the polices.