Influence of Community Policing Initiatives on Youth Radicalization in Mombasa County in Kenya
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Date
2022
Authors
Mwagut, Mwakaribu Mazima
Minja, David
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Publisher
IAJAH
Abstract
Effective implementation of community
policing is a key tenet hence the need to
evaluate the factors influence effective
implementation of community policing. The
study also looked at its influence on how
police conduct their work, crime rate and
community cohesion. Despite all these
measures that have been established to
secure the future of these young people
especially from radicalization; there are still
elements that end up getting a way to
radicalize the youths into the gang groups
and terrorist cells. The study therefore
sought to evaluate influence of community
policing on youth radicalization using the
context of Kisauni Sub-county in Mombasa
County. The specific objectives shall
include: examining the influence of
inadequate funding, police officer
professionalism, and information sharing on
youth radicalization levels. The study relied
on Mass line policing theory that shows how
the police as security institution can adopt
the community policing program model to
reduce incidences of crime and insecurity in
society. A descriptive design was adopted.
The study adopted a census study to identify
the respondents and the population
distribution of the target population since the
target population was too small for
sampling. The target population was
members of community policing committee
in the eight wards in Kisauni Constituency.
The study conducted a census of all the 150
respondents comprised of ward and selfadministered questionnaires to the police
officers. The collected data was then
analyzed using SPSS version 22 as the main
computer tool of analysis. The descriptive
statistics such as mean, standard deviation,
percentages and frequency of responses as
well as inferential statistics such as
regression to give the linear relationship of
the variables were used. The results were
then presented inform of tables and charts
for easy interpretation and understanding
by the readers. The study finding in this
study is expected to assist the national
government through the National Police
Service in the administration of the
community policing policy in strategy and
policy formulation of community policing
guidelines. The study established that
inadequate funding; police officers
professionalism and information sharing all
have significant influence on youth
radicalization. The study concludes the
community policing is a significant
predictor of youth radicalization. The study
recommends that the management of the
County Policing Authority should review,
monitor and track the progress so far made
in implementation of the Community
Policing Initiative in Mombasa County. The
policy makers at the National Security
should align the policies and overall goals of
County Policing Authority with the National
Security goals so as to allow multi-agency
and integrated approach in dealing with
youth radicalization. The Finance Managers
at the County Treasury should allocate
adequate funds towards the County Policing
Authority to support the community policing
activities in Mombasa County. Equally, the National Treasury should remit County
budgetary allocations on time so that the
same can be utilized in funding the
community policing initiatives. The
management team of advocacy and civil
society organizations in Mombasa should
organize more seminars and training among
youths to create more awareness on the need
to share relevant information and cooperate
with police officers in handling
radicalization challenge. The human
resource managers working in the County
Policing Authority and those at the Kenya
Police Service should review the
professional standards required by police
officers.
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Keywords
Inadequate Funding Of Community Policing Initiatives, Police-Community Collaboration, Information Sharing On Youth Radicalization
Citation
Mwagut, M. M., & Minja, D. (2022). Influence of community policing initiatives on youth radicalization in Mombasa County in Kenya. International Academic Journal of Arts and Humanities, 1(3), 1-29.