Authors : Kittisak Jermsittiparsert, Jomdet Trimek and Aranee Vivatthanaporn
Abstract: This study provides the basic idea to understand and create the recommendation to solve the fear of crime among people in Muang-Ake, Lak-Hok, Muang, Pathumthani. This research has the objectives to study the level of crime fear and the difference of the crime fear level of the people living in Muang-Ake, including the opinions to the crime violence along with the cause of the crime problem in Muang-Ake by utilizing the quantitative methods with the questionnaire of 400 samples. The result found that over the past year, most of the samples did not have the crime experiences for both their family members and themselves in Muang-Ake but they acknowledge that the crime happened to other villagers 1-2 times. Also, their overall level of crime fear is at the high level and the fear of the rape and sexual harassment in Muang-Ake is at the highest level of fear. The comparison analysis of the crime fear in Muang-Ake shows that the gender, related-crime experiences and the acknowledgement of crime problem are different making the levels of crime fear in Muang-Ake are statistically different at eh 0.01 level of significance. Furthermore, most questionnaire respondents commented that the robbery is the highest violent crime in Muang-Ake and the most important cause of these crimes will come from the entertainment places.
Kittisak Jermsittiparsert, Jomdet Trimek and Aranee Vivatthanaporn, 2015. Fear of Crime among People in Muang-Ake, Lak-Hok, Muang, Pathumthani. The Social Sciences, 10: 24-30.