The Implementation of the Crime Prevention Curriculum in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State Police College
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2016-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the crime prevention curriculum in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State Police College. The focus of the study was on evaluating: the crime prevention curriculum implemented as it was planned given that the current teachers, the administration and students are working there, how effective has been the program implementation in term of training effort, process, adequacy, efficiency and effect; the active learning strategies being used; the major constraints faced in implementing crime prevention curriculum. A review of literature related to implementation, evaluation and support in curriculum implementation was used for establishing a theoretical framework for the study. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used and data were gathered by means of questionnaire, interview, classroom observation and document analysis form. Sample selected from administrators (5), police science teachers (32) and police science trainees (120). The data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The quantitative data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage; mean values and tables. The findings indicate that crime prevention curriculum have not implemented as it was planned in police college. The program implementation effectiveness in terms of training effort, process and adequacy of the crime prevention curriculum, it has been implemented satisfactorily in police college. For effective implementation of crime prevention curriculum in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State Police College, the administrations, teachers and trainees should play their roles by creating conducive environment for crime prevention curriculum implementation.
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Implementation of the Crime Prevention Curriculum