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Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors

Rakan COP (Community Oriented Policing) invites the public to become friends of the police through interactive information sharing program. The purpose of this study is to understand the implementation and also the effectiveness of the Rakan COP program developed by Royal Malaysia Police with the ai...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi, Sulaiman, Suffian, Othman, Jamilah, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Yero, Aliyu
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Language:English
Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30752/1/30752.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30752/
http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.536.545
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spelling my.upm.eprints.307522016-03-31T03:07:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30752/ Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi Sulaiman, Suffian Othman, Jamilah Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Abu Samah, Bahaman Yero, Aliyu Rakan COP (Community Oriented Policing) invites the public to become friends of the police through interactive information sharing program. The purpose of this study is to understand the implementation and also the effectiveness of the Rakan COP program developed by Royal Malaysia Police with the aim of maintaining peace and reducing public fear of crime in the Malaysia. Two specific objectives were formed as follows (a) to identify the effectiveness level of the Rakan COP Program and (b) to determine the socio-demographic differences in the effectiveness of the Rakan COP. The questionnaire was adapted based on previous studies in program effectiveness. A total of 384 Rakan COP members in Kuala Lumpur were chosen by cluster sampling techniques based on the characteristics recommended by the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Head Quarters. The findings showed that the Rakan COP member provides an excellent assessment towards the effectiveness of the program. However, all socio-demographic factors shows there is no significant different among factors towards the effectiveness of Rakan COP program. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30752/1/30752.pdf Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi and Sulaiman, Suffian and Othman, Jamilah and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Yero, Aliyu (2013) Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13 (4). pp. 536-545. ISSN 1812-5654; ESSN: 1812-5662 http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.536.545 10.3923/jas.2013.536.545
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description Rakan COP (Community Oriented Policing) invites the public to become friends of the police through interactive information sharing program. The purpose of this study is to understand the implementation and also the effectiveness of the Rakan COP program developed by Royal Malaysia Police with the aim of maintaining peace and reducing public fear of crime in the Malaysia. Two specific objectives were formed as follows (a) to identify the effectiveness level of the Rakan COP Program and (b) to determine the socio-demographic differences in the effectiveness of the Rakan COP. The questionnaire was adapted based on previous studies in program effectiveness. A total of 384 Rakan COP members in Kuala Lumpur were chosen by cluster sampling techniques based on the characteristics recommended by the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Head Quarters. The findings showed that the Rakan COP member provides an excellent assessment towards the effectiveness of the program. However, all socio-demographic factors shows there is no significant different among factors towards the effectiveness of Rakan COP program.
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author Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
Sulaiman, Suffian
Othman, Jamilah
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Yero, Aliyu
spellingShingle Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
Sulaiman, Suffian
Othman, Jamilah
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Yero, Aliyu
Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors
author_facet Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
Sulaiman, Suffian
Othman, Jamilah
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Yero, Aliyu
author_sort Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
title Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors
title_short Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors
title_full Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors
title_fullStr Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors
title_full_unstemmed Perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in Malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors
title_sort perceived effectiveness of a community policing program in malaysia: a comparison of socio-demographic factors
publisher Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30752/1/30752.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30752/
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