The Role of the Catholic Church in Crime Prevention A Case Study in Iganga Municipal Council

ABSTRACT Crime Prevention Crime Prevention measures can and should have consequences that are oriented normatively, empirically and strategically toward creating a better society for all. Therefore, in the light of increasingly rabid law-and-order discourse, and the trait and express support for the crime control agenda by more conservative crime prevention practitioners, the task ahead for the liberal and radical criminologists is to continue the fight against punitive coercive forms of crime response. In doing so, there is a need to challenge the logic of conservation to build alliances between like - minded people and practitioners at an individual and organizational level, and to develop transitional strategies that incorporate any method of crime prevention that enhances and empowers people at local and regional levels. The rule of law and those of human rights which are recognized in international instruments to which member states are parties must be respected in all aspects of crime prevention. A culture of lawfulness should be actively promoted in crime prevention strategies. No single approach ( or underlying theory of intervention) is inherently better than the other. All of them have advantages and disadvantages.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

DECLARATION A ............•.............................•...............••..........•...............•.•...........••..............•... i 

DECLARATION B ....................................................................................................................... ii 

APPROVAL SHEET ................................................................................................................... iii 

DEDICATION .............................................................................................................................. iv 

ACKNOWLEGEMENT ............................................................................................................... v 

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. vi 

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 1 

1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 

1.1 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................. 4 

1.2 CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE ..................................................................................... 5 

1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT ............................................................................................... 8 

1.4 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................ 9 

I .5 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................. 9 

1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .............................................................................................. 9 

1.7 HYPOTHESIS ................................................................................................................ I 0 

1.8 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................... 10 

1.9 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................... 12 

I.IO OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS ................................................................................... 13 

I.I I METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 16 

1.12 RESEARCHDESIGN .................................................................................................... 16 

1.13 RESEARCH POPULATION ......................................................................................... 17 

1.14 SAMPLE SIZE ............................................................................................................... I 7 

1.15 SAMPLING PROCEDURE ........................................................................................... 17 

1.16 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS ....................................................................................... 17 

1.17 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE INSTRUMENTS ...................................... 17 

1.18 DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES .......................................................................... 18 

1.19 DATA ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................... 18 

1.20 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................................... 19 

1.21 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ................................................................................. 19 

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CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................................... 20 

2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ...................................................................... 20 

2. I CONCEPTS FROM EXPERTS ......................................................................... , ........... 20 

2.2 THEORETICAL MODEL .............................................................................................. 22 

2.4 RELATED STUDIES ..................................................................................................... 29 

CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 38 

3.0 THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN CRIME PREVENTION ........................................ 38 

3. I USE OF THE PULPIT AS A TOOL FOR JUSTICE MAKING ................................... 38 

3.2 NEED TO BE CLEAR AND INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM OF CRIME ............. 39 

3 .3 MOBILIZATION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN LAW AND ORDER 

MATTERS ..................................................................................................................... 41 

3.4 PUBLIC AWARENESS ON NEGLECT TO PREVENT FELONY ............................. 43 

3.5 APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTION ORDER ........................................................ .44 

3.6 EARLY INTERVENTION IN CRIME RESPONSE .................................................... .46 

3.7 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................... 47 

CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 49 

4.0 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA ................ 49 

4.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 49 

4.2 RESEARCH QUESTION ONE WAS INTENDED TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO 

DETECT, DETER AND MITIGATE CRIME IN !GANGA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. 

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4.2 RESEARCH QUESTION TWO WAS INTENDED TO SAFEGUARD PEOPLE, 

PROPERTY FROM CRIMINALS .................................................................... , ........... 75 

4.4 RESEARCH QUESTION THREE WAS THE EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE 

PUNITIVE, COERCIVE FORMS OF CRIME RESPONSE ........................................ 92 

4.4 RESEARCH QUESTION FOUR TO IDENTIFY KEY PROTECTIVE FACTORS 

AGAINST OFFENDING TRENDS IN CHILDHOOD AND DESIGN ..................... 106 

4.6 RESEARCH QUESTION FIVE WAS TO DEVELOP CRIME PREVENTIVE 

SCHEMES THAT ENHANCES AND EMPOWERS PEOPLE IN LOCAL 

COMMUNITIES TO CONTAIN CRIME BY PREVENTING CRIME BEFORE IT 

OCCURS ...................................................................................................................... 114 

CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................................................... 120 

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, RECOMEMNDATIONS ..................................................... 120 

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 120 

FINDINGS .................................................................................................................................. 120 

CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 129 

RECOMMENDATION ............................................................................................................... 132 

REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... 138 

APPENDIX I A: TRANSMITTAL LETTER ........................................................................ 143 

APPENDIX I B: TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO THE RESPONDENTS .......................... 144 

APPENDIX II: INFORMED CONSENT .............................................................................. 145 

APPENDIX III: FACE SHEET: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 

RESPONDENTS ......................... , .............................................................................................. 146 

APPENDIX IV: QUESTIONNAIRE ..................................................................................... 147 

APPENDIX V: TIME FRAME 2012/2013 ............................................................................. 152 

APPENDIX VI: RESERACHER'S CURRICULUM VITAE ............................................. 153