SOCIAL STUDIES
SCHOOL BASED ASSESMENT
NAME OF CANDIDATE: WILKIN AVILES MOREL
NAME OF SCHOOL: North Easth Comprehensive
NUMBER OF CENTRE:07008
YEAR:2024
NAME OF TEACHER: MR.Gordon
NAME OF TOPIC: CRIME
TERRITORY: DOMINICA
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
REASON FOR CHOOCING TOPIC
RATIONALE
METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
INSTRUMENT USED TO COLLECT DATA
QUESTIONARY
PROCEDURES FOR DATA COLLECTION
PRESENTATION OF DATA
INTERPRETATION OF DATA
STATEMENT OF FINDINGS
RECOMMENDATION AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I thank my family and friends who helped me all this time that gave me the motivation and contri
bution of their time necessary to complete my project, I thank God for giving me the daily bread
and to the school for the education they provided me.The researcher would like to give his sincer
e thanks to his teacher for guiding him on the right path.
INTRODUCTION
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
These factors that contribute to the crime were taken in the Marigot community
REASON FOR CHOOCING TOPIC
RATIONALE
The research project will be conducted in the community of Marigot.
The researcher has observed that there is a serious problem of Crime affecting the community.
The community of Marigot is located in the North East of Dominica. It has an estimated populati
on of 500 people.
METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
The researcher has selected the questionnaire method for collecting data.
The questionnaire was made up of fifteen questions which were used to collect data on the cause
s, effects and solutions of the problem of Crime.
INSTRUMENT USED TO COLLECT DATA
Dear respondent or Community menbers.
I am a form five student of the North East Comprehensive School who is completing a course in
social studies.
This is a requirement for the school based assessment project. I therefore need your assistance in
completing this questionnaire.
Please follow the instructions.All information given will be kept strictly confidential.
Thanks you so much for your cooperation.
Yours sincerely
_______________
Research
QUESTIONARY
1.What’s your gender
● Male
● Female
● Other:__________
2.What’s your aged
● 15-18
● 18-25
● 25-35
3.What’s your religion
● Christianity
● Islam
● Rastafariam
● Other:_____________
4.Type of family
● Nuclear
● Estended
● Single Parent
● Sibling house hold
5.Possible caused of crime??
● a.
● b.
● c.
● Other:_________________
6.What type of crime do you worry about the most?
●
● Other:_________________
7.
● Yes
● No
● Not sure
● Other:_________________
8.Have you or someone you know ever been a victim of a crime?
● Yes
● No
● Prefer not to say
● Other:_________________
9. What do you think is the main cause of crime in society?
● Poverty
● Lack of education
● Social inequality
● Other:_________________
10. How safe do you feel in your neighborhood?
● Very safe
● Somewhat safe
● Not safe
● Other:_________________
11. How often do you think crime goes unreported in your community?
● Rarely
● Occasionally
● Frequently
● Other:_________________
12. Do you believe in rehabilitation for criminals, or do you think they should receive harsher pu
nishments?
● Rehabilitation
● Harsher punishments
● It depends on the crime
● Other:_________________
13. What measures do you think could help reduce crime in your community?
● Increased police presence
● Community outreach programs
● Stricter sentencing laws
● Other:_________________
14. How do you think the media portrays crime and its impact on society?
● Sensationalizes it
● Raises awareness
● Provides accurate representation
● Other:_________________
15. Do you think the legal age for being charged as an adult for a crime should be lowered, rais
ed, or kept the same?
● Lowered
● Raised
● Kept the same
● Other:_________________
Procedure for data collection
The researcher built a questionnaire and administers it to twenty people. The samples consisted o
f 7 males and 13 women from the ages of 20-45 years.
The questionnaire was distributed in the community where the researcher lived. All the volunteer
s to answer the questionnaire agreed and disarmed the questions giving their own answers.
The researcher went to a sector of his columunity asking where the quedyionario was contributed
and collected on January 28th, 2024 and collected on January 29th, 2024.
PRESENTATION OF DATA
