Effects of police corruption to the public trust in District 2, Davao City

Abstract

This research paper was conducted to determine the level of effects of police corruption to the public trust in District 2 Davao City. There were a total of one hundred (100) randomly selected people as a respondents in this study. The researchers employed descriptive survey method, and a self-made survey questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument. The instrument used in this study was validated by the research adviser and three (3) validators from the faculty of College of Criminal Justice Education. The statistical tools that were used by the respondents were Frequency Percentage and Average Weighted Score (Mean) and Descriptive Rating was used to analyzed the research result and ANOVA and T-test were used by the statistician to analyze the hypothesis. The findings of this study revealed that most of the respondents are male respondents. In addition, there is a high effect of police corruption and its effect to the public trust in District 2 Davao City. Moreover, profile of the respondents such as gender, age and educational attainment manifested no significant differences in the level of police corruption and its effect to the public trust in District 2 Davao City