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The influence of police-community partnership strategy on social relations in Nairobi county, Kenya
(Target Publishing, 2019-10) Leting, Mark K.; Mose, George; Sutter, Paul C.; Were, Edmond M.
Post terrorism security intervention strategies cut across social, cultural, economic and political lens of the society. It is a vague area in social life that calls for sociological approach and few studies have been conducted on this phenomenon. Studies that exist deal with causes, impacts and counter terrorism measures. However, how it affects peoples’ social relations in areas of interaction, trust building, social groupings, social inclusion/exclusion has not been adequately examined. Therefore, the study examined the influence of post terrorism security intervention strategies and its impact on social relations in the County of Nairobi, Kenya. Based on the study, this paper examines the effect of police-community partnership strategy on social relations. The study adopted a mixed methods research design using concurrent triangulation technique. It used a sample size of 384 respondents comprising 361 were heads of households, 15 members of Nairobi County Security Board and 8 survivors of terrorism acts. Convenient sampling technique was used to select heads of the households and purposive sampling technique was used to identify members of Nairobi County Security Board. Moreover, snowball sampling was used to identify terror survivors. Key informants interview schedule and interview schedule were essentially employed methods of data collection. The data collected was subsequently analysed using both qualitative and quantitative methods, that is, descriptive statistics mainly used for qualitative data and direct quotation used for qualitative data. The findings of the study indicated that police-community partnership builds trust when police avert terror acts. However, when they fail to prevent terrorism, there is mistrust of the police by the community. Therefore, the study concluded that effective police-community partnership depends on optimizing positive contact between patrol officers and community members. The study recommends that police-community partnership should be enhanced by engaging those directly and indirectly affected by terror attacks.
Nyumba kumi strategy of community policing and its impact on curbing crime; empirical assessment from Kenya
(2017) Leting, Mark K.
The purpose of this study was to explore the impacts of nyumba kumi community policing strategy on crime prevention in Kenya. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics in which frequency distributions; percentages and mean in each item was calculated. The findings of the study were that there was a Nyumba Kumi community policing strategy for curbing crime in Kenya. The participants agreed that nyumba kumi community policing strategies, political support and good will of the government for nyumba kumi community policing strategy and police administration had positive impact on nyumba kumi community policing strategy in curbing crime rate in Kenya. The conclusion was that; nyumba kumi community policing initiatives can be effective where the jurisdiction have achieved some degree of political stability and shared values. Police who are poorly paid and have low morale as a result of serious management problems and corruption are not likely to be motivated to cooperate with the community and there may be a general lack of respect for community policing strategy.
Youth deradicalization as a post-terrorism security intervention and its effect on social relations in Nairobi county, Kenya
(Target Publishing, 2019-10) Leting, Mark K.; Mose, George; Sutter, Paul C.; Were, Edmond M.
De-radicalization among young people is a crucial fight of national and international terrorism globally. It is one of the post-terrorism security intervention strategies that is thought to address the root causes of youth engagement in terror activities. The study investigated the influence of de-radicalization as a post-terrorism security intervention strategy on social relations in the County Government of Nairobi, Kenya. The study adopted a mixed methods research design. It also used a sample size of 384 respondents, comprising 361 were heads of households, 15 members of Nairobi County Security Board and 8 survivors of terrorism acts. Convenient sampling technique was used to select heads of the households, purposive sampling techniques to identify members of Nairobi County Security Board and snowball sampling used to identify terror survivors. Key informants interview schedule as well as interview schedule were essentially employed methods of data collection. The data collected was subsequently analysed using both qualitative and quantitative methods, that is, descriptive statistics mainly used for qualitative data and direct quotation used for qualitative data. From the results of the study, the Kenyan youth deradicalization programmes play a significant role in transformation of youth to be productive members of the society and eliminate terror mind-set. It was reported that youths have proved more susceptible to the appeal of terrorism due to poor social networks and social identity. Therefore, de-radicalization programmes should be continuous. The study recommends that the community should continuously strengthen family ties, create employment and educate the youths to divert them from extremism and radicalism.