The Model of Participation for Political Crime Prevention in Thailand

Abstract

Nowadays, there are criminal cases, serious cases, and violent cases in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya province. Although public participation has involved crime prevention in various activities or projects, the continual crime problems have dramatically occuring. The governmental agencies have rigidly increased measurements for prevention and control. Nonetheless, these measurements were not effective. Consequently, public partipation has been created for public safety. The purposes of this research were 1) to study the public participation for political crime prevention in Thailand; and 2) to investigate the model of public participation for political crime prevention in Thailand. It was mixed research both quantitative and qualitative research. The sample was 384 people including politicians, citizens, government officers, and state enterprise employees in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya province with Krejcie & Morgan table. The in-depth interview was used in this study. The target group was 5 people by choosing a specific politicians, citizens, and government officers. The statistics were mean and standard deviation. The results have found that 1) Public participation has been performed in the terrorism prevention. The political and secure conflicts have been found at most; and 2) The activities and projects on crime prevention have legally been supported by the anticorruption and transnational crime.