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A Criminological Research
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Pagtiilan, Mark Ryan O.
Jimenez, Rhogie L.
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SUMMARY
Gusa, the profile of the respondents according to independent variable such as age,
civil status, educational attainment, years of using drugs and type of drug used. This
research dealt to study the Drug Surrenderees in Barangay Lapasan & Barngay Gusa.
The study was conducted through surveying in the Barangay Hall of Lapasan &
Gusa where the information of surrenderees. The researchers must obtain details or
at the Barangay Hall.Descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage were used
The community of Barangay Lapasan & Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City, for their
Above all, the researchers want to thank God for the great things that He has
done. For Giving the opportunity to experience the life real/setting of a researcher.
DEDICATION
First of all the researcher dedicate this to the Lord God Almighty, for the
We would like to dedicate this research work to our parents, friend, classmates
CHAPTER TITLE
Approval Sheet i
Abstract ii
Acknowledgment vii
Dedication viii
Table of Contents ix
1 The Problem
Introduction 1
Conceptual Framework 4
Definition of Terms 10
Local Setting 14
3 Research Methodology
Research Design 17
Research Setting 18
Sampling Procedure 18
Research Instrument 18
Categorization of Variables 20
Statistical Treatment 22
of Data
Recommendations
Summary 28
Findings 29
Conclusions 31
Recommendations 32
Bibliography
1. Books 33
2. Internet Sources 35
Appendices
Appendix “A”
Appendix “B”
Appendix “C”
Appendix “D”
Appendix “E”
Curriculum Vitae
List of Tables
TABLE TITLE
attainment
drugs
Used
FIGURE TITLE
THE PROBLEM
INTRODUCTION
Men are guided in their actions by ideas and conviction. They function according
to the principles they esteem as worth espousing and working for, these are so-called
values. Values must conform to the standards that respect human dignity, common
good for the society; then men and their actions become morally upright, another one
can understand that the acquisition of the correct values and their practices is really
moral or ethical.
modified or taken away by law-making body; these rights are recognized or guaranteed
because of the belief in the inherent dignity of worth of every human person. (Philippine
Constitution, 2002)
The problem in Barangay Lapasan & Barangay Gusa is the drug addiction
among residents living in that particular area. A term denotes a person, whether the
said person belong to the age of minority or majority, who is taking drugs regularly
especially the prohibited drugs, referring to those persons who are taking drugs for their
own pleasure. The flaws in current drug education programs, first, they equate the drug
use and can be used interchangeably and lastly, a mainstay of drug education that use
of prohibited drugs such as Marijuana leads to use of harder and expensive drugs such
Knowing the challenges of police role in a free society and the ever dynamic
in striving to attain and elicit necessary information as cases of constitutional and legal
There are factors that associate the viewpoints Level of Drug Addiction in
Barangay Lapasan and Gusa to determine the possibilities of violation they committed
Observation in the designated area whether minors are safe from drug addiction.
Age is primordial important factor in explaining the behaviors and attitude for an
individual’s interest change as one grows older. Barbour (1997) explained that when an
individual reaches maturity level, said person is more capable of facing the realities and
performance. A concept of education which was given by Eggen (1999) means that
consistently predicts intelligence. Fornilos (1983) as cited by Han (2001) stressed out
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
The dependent variables are the nos. of drug surrenderees in the year 2017-
2018 and the nos. of completers or those who undergone Community-Based Drug
This study sought to determine the “Drug Surrenderres in Barangay Lapasan and
1.1 Age
2. How many drug surrenderees and completers in the year 2017 and 2018 :
Barangay Lapasan and Gusa”. This study focused only on total of 72 persons who are
drug surrenderees. Thus, the findings of this study are limited to residents in Barangay
observation in the said place. Moreover, the study is limited to calendar year, 2017 and
2018.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY :
number of Drug surrenderees in the Barangay Lapasan and Gusa and the researchers
believes that the findings of this present study can be helpful and directly beneficial to
the following:
how the government helps in the prevention of crime. In effect, the government may be
able to formulate alternative solutions to cure down the incident of drug addiction among
COMMUNITY - The result of this present study will help the community
especially its people to know their individual roles in helping the authorities in prevention
the community, assess the need to pursue and expound the horizon of police patrol.
This study the organization effectively in supervising the responsibility of its officers as
law enforcers.
this research, students may absorb on how laws and regulation are implemented so as
students in their search for information with regards to drug addiction matters and will
FUTURE RESEARCHER – The result of this study will be able to contribute and
add ideas to the future researcher for future reference that will give aid to them and
DEFINITION OF TERMS :
For purposes of clarity and for reference on how indicators will be measured,
important terms are defined in its operational and technical definition for better
Addiction – refers to the act wherein a person indulge in activity which might
independent variable.
prohibited drugs.
study and is included in the research design so that its effect can be determined.
Police – persons who are charged to practice law enforcement activity for the
Public – refers to the community or people who resides in the Lapasan and
Gusa.
This chapter considers a number of literature and studies that have some
relevance to this study. These are categorized in two sections namely related literature
FOREIGN SETTING
Being rational, man alone has sense of right and wrong, hence only man has
thinking on calculating right and wrong. Morality makes a human being and lack of it
There are no doubt, advocates on both ends of spectrum in the debate regarding
related cases however, not all of us recognized this as a profession unless we start
doing certain things better, we must create proper framework for doing the right thing at
The obvious implication is that both criminal justice policies and the most harmful
effects of drug use will have their greatest impacts in the same neighbourhoods and
among minority populations suffering from other disadvantages, even though drug users
as opposed to exceptionally heavy users are probably spread fairly evenly throughout
facts that as many as 30 percent of black youths are in some way under the control of it.
This describes the trends of use over time and their relationship to social attitudes
toward particular drugs and perceptions of dangerousness of those drugs. Two critical
facts are hardly surprising: the first is a natural consequence of the inability of many
heavy users and their resulting recourse to crime and the second is an inevitable result
capacities have evolved during each species’ history because they facilitated adaptation
and survival. Our biological endowment helps to determine the kinds of experiences in
drugs that we have and we can have in future, as a science, this is empirical in meaning
where the young by age expresses their favor towards drug dependency and maximum
drug intoxication and knowledge when minor user is all alone and when they “Interact”
One of the goals of criminal law is to eliminate the need for personal revenge,
turning the punishment of criminal offenses over to the state. While crime rates involving
minors under the influence of drugs in the United States are higher than in most other
Western Nations, violence abroad is not unknown. The availability of drugs in the hands
of teens. While youths aged 13 to 17, collectively, make up about 6% of the total U.S.
population, they account for about 30% of the index crime arrest rate and 18% of arrest
makes short-term memory more susceptible to interference. People under the influence
may lose the thread of a conversation or forget what they are saying in the middle of the
by interfering with the transfer of new information from short-term to long-term memory.
Model policy states that officers are responsible for observance of all laws,
regulations and orders. This may appear a first glance to be a matter of fundamental
nature as not to deserve specific mention in an agency policy. Reality dictates and
history at some officers whether through misguided zeal, drug carelessness and for
some other reasons. This element is intended to stress out the importance of rule of law
in accordance with the performance of drug prevention and for all officers and to hold
LOCAL SETTING
society may lead to criminality when there is a source of drug dependency as pattern
and standardize their behavior in accordance with so-called values. Those who fail to do
The availability or the access to prohibited drugs is where the teenagers gain the
intoxication feeling. Rampant use of illegal drugs must be stopped in order for the
teenagers to achieve harmony in their life and live a happy and drug-free living. Many
who are drug providers in highly urbanized areas in the Philippines who are to be called
drug protector and even drug lords. The use of Shabu, Marijuana and Cocaine is the
primary of all drugs, prohibited drugs that has been used all over the country, thus that
drug addiction leads to drug dependence and drug dependence leads to crimes, of
various crimes where they know that they are exempted from punishment for they are
and often seen on cessation of a drug eliciting a withdrawal syndrome. Opioids can
cause both tolerance and dependence and given enough time, these effects are
the drug becomes the focus of behaviour. Although a patient may present with
pain management.
(http://www.google.com.ph/tolerance_addiction_&dependence%.html – Retrieved
February 4, 2018).
The term psychoactive drugs refers to drugs that affects behavior, consciousness
and or mood. These drugs includes not only illegal “street” drugs when introduced into
the body of a teenager such such as heroin and marijuana and even legal drugs such
as tranquilizers, stimulants and wide use of alcohol, nicotine and caffeine. Drug
Dependence has three (3) key characteristics when used and or acquired by teenagers:
humanity, we also tried to tackle Filipino values or stand in viewpoint of drug related
cases. Having treated considerable data on Filipino Core Values as both ambivalent
and bipolar , we might conclude that Filipino values are undergoing on process of
Persons suspected of drug related cases, particularly those from poor families
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter will present and discuss the methods and techniques that will be
used in obtaining the data and other information related to this study. This chapter
presents the research design, research setting of the study, research respondents and
RESEARCH DESIGN
This study will be employing the descriptive survey method of research as this
study aims to describe the “Numbers of Drug Surrenderees in Barangay Lapasan and
Gusa”, in the individual’s engagement or the possible grounds for them to indulge in
drug use that may lead to drug addiction. This research plan will be expected to provide
basis for future action in the administration of justice system in the Philippines.
Master’s Thesis that, is one that includes research on present facts or conditions
concerning the status or nature of a person or class of events that may involve
reports the way things are. Hence, the researcher’s consider this approach suitable to
This study will be conducted within the jurisdiction of Barangay Lapasan ans
Gusa about the “Drug Surrenderees in Barangay Lapasan and Gusa” in order for the
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
This study utilized spontaneous the data we gathered at Barangay Lapasan and
Gusa available at the time about they surrendered to their respective barangays.
and Gusa. The researchers will have to approach the person assigned at barangay hall
around even the public officials and be explained unto them the study in order to gather
the needed data. The researchers will have to ask written permission from the Barangay
Officials to conduct this study about the “Drug Surrenderees in Barangay Lapasan and
Gusa” in order for the researchers to get legal information.The researchers will have to
CATEGORIZATION OF VARIABLES
The following categories are created to aid in the analysis and interpretation of
21 – 30 years old
31 - 40 years old
41 – 50 years old
51 and above
2. Civil Status
3. Educational Attainment
Elementary level/graduate
College level/graduate
1-3 years
4-7 years
8-10 years
Shabu
Shabu/Marijuana
STATISTICAL TREATMENT
age, civil status, educational attainment. Years of using drugs and type of drug
used.
CHAPTER 4
Table 1.1
T
a
b Profile on Age Frequency Percentage
l
e 20 years & below 8 11.11
1 21-30 24 33.33
.
1 31-40 26 36.11
41-50 12 16.66
in terms of age. It has found that the highest frequencies are those ages from 31-40 yrs.
old has with a percentage of 36.11%. Second, are those ages from 21-30 yrs. old with
frequency of 24 or equivalent to 33.33% followed by those ages from 41-50 yrs. old with
a frequency of 12 surrenderees or 16.66%. Fourth, ages from 20 yrs. old & below with
a frequency of 8 or a percentage of 11.11% and the lowest one are those ages from 50
Single 44 61.11
Married 25 34.72
Widowed 3 4.16
Total 72 100
terms of civil status. It has been found that the highest frequency of 44 surrenderees or
61.11% are those who are “singles” followed by those “married person” with frequency
Total 72 100
54.16%, next are those person who are college level/graduate with a frequency of 22
surrenderees or a percentage of 30.55% and the lowest people engaged are those in
15.27%
Table 1.4
Total 72 100
in terms of years of using drugs. The table shows that highest nos.of drug surrenderees
are those below 1 year with a frequency of 30 or a percentage 41.66%. Second are
those 1-3 years with a frequency of 29 or a percentage of 40.27%, next are those 4-7
years of using drugs with a frequency of 8 or percentage 11.11% . Fourth are those not
Lastly are those persons in the ranges of 8-10 years with just 2 surrenderees or
equivalent of 2.77%.
Table 1.5
Shabu 54 75
Shabu/Marijuana 18 25
Total 72 100
Table 1.5 shows the frequency and percentage distribution of surrenderees in terms
of type of drug used.It has been found that 54 suurenderees or 75% of total number
were using shabu, while the remaining 18 surrenderees or 25% were using drugs of
Table 2.1(A)
2017 16 42.10
2018 22 57.89
Total 38 100
from 2018 with a percentage of 57.89%, while there were 16 surrenderees in 2017
2017 13 38.23
2018 21 61.76
Total 34 100
surrenderees in Gusa. There were more surrenderees in Gusa in the year 2018 than
number were from 2018 and 13 surrenderees or 38.23% were from 2017.
Table 2.2(A)
2017 14 48.27
2018 15 51.72
Total 29 100
2017 9 32.14
2018 19 67.85
Total 28 100
SUMMARY
Gusa, the profile of the surrenderees according to independent variable such as age ,
civil status, educational attainment, years of using drugs and type of drug used. Drug
Pusher.
The study was conducted through surveying in the Barangay Hall where the
from the assigned person at Barangay Hall through conducting interview.but the
researchers must explain about the interview in order to show that this research will be
legally conducted and to show that this study will be on academic purposes only and
their answers be kept confidential, the survey questionnaire served as the means of
Majority or 41 percent of the surrenderees were using drugs not more than a year.
In Lapasan:
In Gusa:
It has found that most completers are those persons who continued to attend
rehabilitation programs.
CONCLUSIONS
City and Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City were subjected to this study.The
3. The level of educationa plays important role in the community to assist the public
RECOMMENDATIONS
Used as basis for developing action plans in improving the quality of lives of
individuals.
Every person in the locality must observe and be more inspired to help who need
For future researchers, this study may be replicated with new variables or
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APPENDICES
Truly yours,
Pagtiilan, Mark Ryan O.
Jimenez, Rhogie L.
Researchers
Noted by :
________________
Research Instructor
APPENDIX “ B “
Dear Respondents,
confidential and never be divulged for whatever purposes against your interest.
improvement of this study. Your answer to this questionnaire will be treated with
utmost confidentiality.
Yours truly,
Jimenez,Rhogie L.
Researchers
APPENDIX “ C ”
General Direction : Kindly give your Honest and Sincere answers to every
questions in this questionnaire. Put a check or slash (/) on the box provided
1. Age
21 – 30 years old
31 - 40 years old
41 – 50 years old
51 and above
2. Civil Status
Elementary level
College level
4. Years of Using
1year below
1-3 years
4-7 years
8-10 years
Shabu
Shabu/Marijuana
APPENDIX “ D “
Mi-anhi kami diri aron sa pagmugna sa among pag research mahitungod sa mga
surenderi sa druga sa atong mga katawhan karong panahuna. Bisan unsa nga
mamahimong imong tubag amo kining pagahilumon.
Kaninyo matinahuron,
Jimenez, Rhogie L.
Researchers
APPENDIX “ E “
tsek o badlis (/) sa bakante nga kahon nga nagpaila nga mao imong tubag.
1. Edad
20 anyos paubos
21 – 30 anyos
31 – 40 anyos
41 – 50 anyos
51 anyos ug pataas
2. Estado Sibil
3. Edukasyong Nakab-ot
Elementarya
Sekondarya
Kolehiyo
4. Tuig sa paggamit
1 ka tuig paubos
1-3 ka tuig
4-7 ka tuig
8-10 ka tuig
10 ka tuig pataas
5. Klasi sa druga nga gigamit
shabu
shabu ug marijuana
CURRICULUM VITAE