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Social Studies SBA (CRIME IN MY COMMUNITY)
1. SOCIAL STUDIES
(SBA)
CRIME IN MY COMMUNITY
Candidate Name: Denzel Buckman
Candidate Number:
Name ofSchool: Queen’s Royal College
Subject: SocialStudies
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TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE NO.
Acknowledgement
Problem of Statement
Reason of Investigating
Justification of Method
Instrument used to collect data
Presentation of Data
Column, Pie and Bar Chart
Presentation of Data
Recommendation and Implementation
Strategy
Bibliography
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This School Based Assignment (S.B.A) would not have been finished with out the help of
fellow mutual community members who took time, to help complete this assignment.
The researcher would like to thank his teacher in assisting, when in need of help. Also to
his parents who understood what he was doing and further helping him out with choosing
the survey question. Then the researcher would like to thank the teens in the community
for voicing their opinions on how the situations on daily life task may be in their
community. Finally, the researcher would like to thank all who co-operated in this
research and a special thanks to Mr. Barron in helping to choose the topic due to certain
life reasons.
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PROBLEM OF STATEMENT
To what extent does crime and criminal activity create problems for members of your
community.
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REASON OF INVESTIGATING THIS AREA OF RESEARCH
I chose this topic for various reasons, I’ve lived 17 Years in this community (Santa Cruz,
Trinidad). While living here I have been open to a lot of shoot out killings which resulted to
death over the large amount of drugs, guns and turf(land). So when I saw the opportunity to
speak on such I quickly grabbed it. I have then decided to investigate on why theirs so much
crime in my community for my school based assignment(SBA).
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DATA COLLECTION
QUESTIONNAIRE
I am Social-Studies student, from Queens Royal College currently conducting research about
crime in my community. This research is towards my Social Studies School Based Assessment,
and I would greatly appreciate if you; would assist me by answering the following questions
truthfully. Keep in mind that your views will be kept anonymous.
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DATA COLLECTION
Select your gender. Male Female
Select your age group. 0-18 18-35 35-55
55- 75 75-95+
1. How long have you been residing in (Santa Cruz “the
village”)?
Under 1 years
1-5 years
6-10 years
Over 10 years
2. Do you know any user of illegal drugs? Yes No
3. Have you ever witnessed the use of illegal drugs if so
where, when and at what age approximately?
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
4. Have you ever seen a weapon being carried by someone
who isn’t authorized too? Yes No
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5. Has any of your family members died from a gun shot
wound? If so was it
Gang affiliated Police execution
Stray bullet Unknown
6. Do you know people with illegal/unauthorized weapons? If
so would you tell the authorities? Yes No
7. Do you know anyone who has been to jail and if so was it a
mistake?
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
8. Would you commit a crime to protect someone and if so
give a reason why?
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
9. Have you ever been manipulated or pressured to commit a
crime? If selected “yes” state, why. Yes No
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
10. How safe do you feel in your community going out at
daylight or at night?
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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11. Would you say the level of police protection in your
community has increased, stayed the same, or decreased
over the past three years?
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
12. Does your community have a neighborhood crime
watch program? Yes No
13. Would you purchased a gun for protection from
crime? Yes NO
14. Do the police constantly harass you? If selected “yes”
state, why. Yes, No
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
15. How is the crime rate in your community?
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
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PROCEDURES USED TO COLLECT DATA
This following task was quite difficult trying to collect all of the answered survey question from
peers with in my community, I ran into a technical difficulty problem with the questioner but it
was quickly resolved. The survey only comprised of a maximum of 15 questions, they were
mostly “yes” or “no” questions, except for 1, 3, 7, 8,9,10,11,14 and 15 these were questions that
needed to be answered truthfully. When collecting the data, I did it accordingly to age groups
because I was sure I wont be able to get every individual feed back. I completed this task in
groups of 5. Each group had 13 individuals who received the survey. The majority of people who
completed this survey were mostly between the age groups of 13 to 50. I had no problems with
explaining the questionnaire to each group. In total, only 65 peers completed this survey in my
area, out of a population of 1300.
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COLUMN, PIE & BAR CHART
Fig 1: Length of residence of respondents
Figure show how long respondents were residing in Santa Cruz. It can be seen that over 10 years,
75% of peers resided in Santa Cruz. Also 20% within 6-10 years and 5% between 1-5
RESODENCE IN SANTA CRUZ YEARS
12
18
35
1-5 Yrs, 5%
6-10 Yrs, 20%
Over 10 Yrs, 75%
12
18
35
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
1-5 Yrs 6-10 Yrs Over 10 Yrs
Years of Residence in Santa Cruz
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Fig 2: Pie chart shows the cause of death in Santa Cruz.
Overall 65% in death in Santa Cruz is cause by Gang-affiliated, whiles 12% is
cause by stray bullet and 24% of death is unknown.
CAUSE OF DEATH PERCENTAGES
Gang-Affiliated
Stray Bullet
Police Execution
Unknown
65%
12%
0%
24%
Reason For Deaths Pertaining To Crime In Santa Cruz
Gang affiliated Stray bullet Police execution Unknown
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Fig 3: Shows a bar graph with the overall amount of people who answered the yes or no to
questioner #9
Out of 65 peers who completed the questioner, 68% truthfully admitted to committing a
crime, whiles 32% said they never had committed a crime but in my beliefs I believe their lying.
Have committed a crime Has not committed a crime Percentage
45
20
68%
32%
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
No
Yes
HaveCommitted A Crime
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PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS
Majority 75% of people has lived in Santa Cruz for over 10 years, Unlike the other 5% that
recently moved to Santa Cruz because of new home development.
65% of death is cause buy gang affiliation in Santa Cruz, 12% has dies from a stray bullet
whiles 24% has reported of unknown deaths
Truthfully peers from Santa Cruz tried their best to answer this last question honestly, 68% has
admitted to committing a crime whether it was stealing, drugs or trafficking they admitted. 32%
claimed they have never, not once committed a crime.
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RECOMMENDATION
• Government should put into consideration a strict curfew time for teens to not be
out at late hours of the night. If caught, the Child parents will be fined a small fee
of $125.00 tt. Hopefully, when parents do find out, they will try their best to keep
them in side before curfew hours.
• Gang members/ leaders should try to influence younger teenagers not to joining gangs
therefore, it can only lead to a life of jail or death. This implements an earlier decision
given to the teenagers who has thought about joining a gang, a future look at themselves
from an adult prisoner who has experienced the difficulties, hopefully, this can change their
minds.
• The Government should enforce homes for young misbehaving adults, a program by which
can help to assist the Trade union, which means a larger scale of employment, also keeps
the young adults away from crime
• Groups and activates to offer assistance to young adult to stay away from crime
such as playing sport, musical instruments and religious get together.
