1. How would you build on this research/how would you come up on this research?

- As a criminology student who dreams of becoming a law enforcer, I wonder how the police
officers suppress the index crimes.
What do they do?
What are their plans?
Do they have a system to follow?
Is it systematic?

.. and the last question, is it effective enough to suppress the crime?

So, in order to have a glimpse of learning, I would like to make a comparison between the
angeles and mabalacat city, on how the police officers suppress the index crimes. with that, I
may be able to emulate what they are doing, when I become a police officer.

2. Your title is broad, the term index crime analysis is so broad that it does not mention your
specific objective in the study.
Our title is well crafted as instructed by Dean Rommel K. Manwong. Based on his
instruction, we could explain it later on the study, the specific objective of our study.

3. Why you did not have review of related literature in chapter two?

We have review of related literature. However, we are just given format by Dean Rommel K.
Manwong, the updated format of making a thesis. Instead of putting the review of related
literature in the chapter two, we should follow the UPDATED format of incorporating it in the
chapter one.

4. Where do you see this kind of research moving in the future?

We are looking forward that our research may help the police officers in preventing the
commission of index crime in our city. If not today, maybe in the future.

5. Why are your research questions interesting or important?

This is important because it can give a significant percentage of crime rate percentage in
both cities, and through the recommendations of the pnp personnel through the survey
questionnaires, this will give a responsive suggestions in preventing index crime in our
city.

6. Where did your research-project come from?

Our research project came from our interest in studying what is the most prevalent
crime committed in our city and how are we going to help in suppressing this kind of
crime.

7. How can be your research be used in practice?

 As future police officer, we can use this research because we can recommend to the
management or to the provincial government what is the vulnerability of our city in the
commission of crime and what base of this study we could provide an effective
suggestions in preventing such kind of crime.

8. What is the main contribution of your thesis?

The main contribution of our research is for the PNP personnel in determining what are
the activities done by the other police in in order to prevent such those crimes.

9. Why did you choose this study?

We chose this study because as a criminology student we are interested about crimes
and we would like to determine which between angeles and mabalacat city has the
higher rate of index crime in order to know between them has a responsive activities in
suppressing the index crime in the city. And through the recommendations of both
angeles and mabalacat PNP, we are going to suggest what are the possible
recommendation may be given in suppressing index crime

10. What are its implications to present PNP set-up in general?

It is stating that despite the PNP is zealous in suppressing criminality, there are really
other police officer who is the one committing such those crimes

11. What are the aims of your study and were you able to meet all these?
Our aims is to be able to determine which between in angeles and mabalacat city
transpired the most number of index crime, and to be able to know what are the
activities doing by the police force in suppressing the index crime in their area of
jurisdiction, and lastly to be able to give recommendations though the findings that we
will get in this study.
Yes, through the study that we are conducting. We could able to meet all of our
objectives in this study. And we do hope that we could meet all of these goals.
12. Discuss the research design and why did you choose that specific design?
The research design that we have used is Quantitative method which explains as to the
rate or total number of index crime from January to May 2017 in both angeles and
mabalacat city. We chose this method because we are studying the rate of index crime.
Therefore it includes the percentage of all index crimes transpired and recorded in both
cities. It is the most appropriate method we could use in order to solve our problem.
13. Who are the respondents of your study? Explain why you thought they were the most
appropriate sample for your study?
Our respondents are the Philippine National Police (PNP) in both angeles and mabalacat
city.
Indeed yes! They were the most appropriate respondents of our study because they are
the one who knows how many times a certain crime was committed in their area of
jurisdiction. Hence, they are the most suitable to answer our questionnaires.
14. How did you gather data?
After our validation letter was signed and approved by the 5 prestigious personality in
the field of Criminology, We went to the mabalacat police station in order to float our
questionnaires. And through the help of our former instructor, we could able to get the
record of index crime rate in mabalacat city. Also, he was the one who helps us in
disseminating questionnaires to all police officers who are present that time. Afterwards,
we went around mabalacat to dau police station in order to conduct survey to the police
force who are assigned in the patrol and checkpoint. It took 2 days in conducting survey
around mabalacat.
After we conducted survey in the mabalacat, we roving around the vicinity of angeles in
order to float our survey questionnaire. After that, we went to the detective bureau in
Sto. Domingo angeles city to float our questionnaires and to ask their admin. Officer in
order to get the certain index crime rate in angeles city.
15. What are the difficulties you have encountered during the data gathering, or during the entire
course of the research?
The difficulties we have encountered is that, it is not easy to conduct survey in the police
officers because we are waiting so much time before we could able to conduct survey in
the police stations because they are busy in accommodating clients such as
complainants, prison visit, and many more. There is an instance that we went to the
police station at approximately 9:30 am but unfortunately were not able to conduct
survey because police officers at that time are performing drug test among the PNP
personnel. There are police who refuse to answer the questionnaire because they are
busy. Thats why we could not able to meet our 252 respondents in both angeles and
mabalacat city.
Furthermore, the location of our respondents are indeed far. We are going to mabalacat
and angeles at the same time.
16. What are the key positive findings?
The positive findings is that, though mabalacat city has a lesser population in terms of
police force rather than angeles city police force, they could maintain low crime rate like
angeles city.
17. In few sentences, can you tell us what your study is all about?
Our study is all about index crime rate analysis in both angeles and mabalacat city.
We are going to study which between angeles and mabalacat city has the greater
number of recorded index crime in their area of jurisdiction.
Through our study, we are going to analyze what should be the recommendations may
be given in order to lessen the commission of index crime in both angeles and mabalacat
city.
18. What is your motivation in this study?
Our motivation in this study is our dreams to become a Law Enforcer someday. As of
now were looking forward for OJT, that is why we striving to finish our thesis.
Of course our family and loveones who are always there supporting us in our studies.
19. What is the significance of the study?
It may help our police force in giving programs through recommendation in preventing
index crime.
 Through comparison, both angeles and mabalacat city may get idea in suppressing index
crime by way of acquiring the activities performing in both cities.
20. What would you change if you were to conduct the study again?
We would change the whole title of the research in to a smaller in scope. In terms of the
locale of the study because it was very hard to conduct survey in a very extensive in
scope.
21. What source of data was employed for the study?
We actually went to the police station to float the survey questionnaire among the PNP
in both cities.
And we actually seen the actual record of index crime from January to May 2017, that is
why we are certain that the record of index crime we have acquired was accurate.
22. What theories of theoretical framework is your study based on?
Our theories are based on the criminological matters which is all about why people
commits crime?
We have 3 theories such as Social Structure, Social Process, and Social Control Theory.
Social structure People commit crime because of poverty.
Social process People will be developed in their place of habitation. Whether it is
Good or Bad.
Social control all person has the tendency to commit crime. But those who has weak
egos, low self-esteem, and no self-control has the more probability to commit crime.
23. What is the scope of your study?
Our study is only focus to determine index crime in both angeles city and mabalacat city.
24. Do you have any closing comments?
I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to all you. Maam and sir. Sorry for the
lack of preparations.