HOLY CROSS OF DAVAO COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY PROGRAM

CRIMINOLOGY INTERN CASE ANALYSIS

Name: WILMAR A. DEL MONTE Subject: CP 1 & 2

Date of Submission: April 23, 2022

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Case Analysis Agenda:

1. Issues or problems within any law enforcement agency;

2. Societal concerns that leads to the violation of a law or commission of a crime.(It
could be in your own barangay, municipality or city)

Specific Instructions:
1. Collect data of the current issue/problem/concern being chosen.
2. Out from the data collected, present three Alternative Courses of Actions (ACAs)in
addressing the issue/problem/concern.
3. Choose the best solutionamong the three ACAs that you have presented.
4. Any signs of duplication of work among your classmate/s or batchmate/s will mean both
of you will have no grade for this activity.
5. Submit on or before deadline. Late submission will not beaccommodated.
6. Use the given format and parts of your Case Analysis below.

THE INVOLVEMENT OF LAW ENFORCER IN COCK FIGHTING

(Case Analysis Title)

1. Viewpoint
(Cockfighting is an age-old practice in which two or more specially bred birds, known as
gamecocks, are placed in an enclosed pit to fight for the primary purposes of gambling and
entertainment In the Philippines There is no nationwide ban of cockfighting in the
Philippines but since 1948, cockfighting is prohibited every Rizal Day on December 30
where violators can be fined or imprisoned due to the Republic Act No. 229. It further is
supplemented by Presidential Decree No. 449 or the Anti-Cockfighting Law of 1974 which
allows cockfights only on Sundays, certain holidays, and on certain other occasions, and
only at licensed cockpits Although cockfighting is not illegal in our country but the problem
here is the involvement of police officers or law enforcer in this kind of game.)

2. Problem Statement
 (A law enforcement officer is a civil servant who is responsible for keeping order, preventing
and detecting crime, and enforcing laws. Cockfighting is not an example of unlawful
gambling, but the main issue here is police personnel' engagement in the sport. The issue
here is how to keep peace and order or enforce the law while also engaging in the game.
During this pandemic, there are times in our municipality or barangay where people are
organizing cockfights or what they call (tari-tari). Of course, the IATF issued a statement last
year that cockfighting is prohibited because it does not follow proper physical distance and
may cause virus spread. People, on the other hand, will not be scared and will continue to
visit that particular place because they are aware that there are kabaros or police officers or
law enforcement personnel present. This, in my opinion, is an issue that law enforcement
agencies are currently experiencing, and these people will no longer respect those in
uniform. Someone who others look up to as a role model is known as a role model.
Someone who is worthy of imitation is referred to as a role model.)

3. Statement of the Objective

(The goal of this case analysis is to determine how this law enforcement officer can avoid
becoming involved in cockfighting, as well as alternate courses of action to address the
problem that the law enforcement is now experiencing.)

4. Areas of Consideration (SWOT Analysis)

(Make a SWOT Analysis [Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats] of your chosen
issue/problem/concernwith regards to your problem statement. Use the Table format below)

Strength Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

1 Many 1 Companies who 1 There is the rapid 1 This industry
Governments sector have invested large growth in revenue in operators fear loss
has encouraged number of capital past years. It has in small bets but
gambling as a can result a large provoked other high bet gamblers
source of revenue debt amount countries to consider face competition
expanding the
gaming laws
2 It will give 2 some cockpit will 2 small businesses 2 there are more
additional income not pay permits can earn competition on the
on municipalities area.
trough permits
3 Demand is 3 Lack of gaming 3 States lack full 3 State regulatory
present by licensed employees gaming which leaves boards/highly
consumers room for additional regulated industry
forms of gaming
4 Low competition 4 Large financial 4 Increased profits 4 Gaming systems
resources are margins through security
needed to gain entry combining revenue
generators
5 It will attract 5 Covid- 19 5 It will become a 5 Spreading of
tourism restriction source of income viruses

5. Assumptions
 (If this issue is not handled, I believe that there will come a time when these people will not
respect the rules and regulations that the government has established for them. Also, the
enforcer's excellent reputation would suffer, and they would no longer be seen as a role
model in the community, and, worst of all, they would become lawbreakers in the future..)

6. Alternative Courses of Actions (ACAs)

(Present your 3 ACAs in this section together with its one paragraph rationale using the
format below)

ACA 1: (Give punishment rather than fines on any law enforcer who are involve in
cockfighting or any gambling)
ACA 2: (Family therapy and marriage, career, and credit counseling)
ACA 3: (Cognitive-behavioral therapy to that officer who are always caught on the
scene.)

7. Analysis of ACA
(Give your analysis of every ACA in this section using the format below)

ACA 1 – (Give punishment rather than fines on any law enforcer who are involved in
cockfighting or any gambling)
)

Analysis: Fined offenders were more likely to commit additional offences than those who
received no penalty at all from the court. Offenders who got higher fines were more likely to
commit additional offences in the future than those who received lower fines. Payment of a
fine may be such an indirect type of punishment that the offender does not experience a
sense of loss, and hence is not stopped from committing subsequent offenses. Judges
didn't seem to be able to distinguish between possible repeat offenders and those who were
unlikely to commit additional crimes. If fines were combined with a reward for good
behavior, punishments might be more effective. For example, offenders might be sentenced
to large initial fines with the stipulation that part or all of the fine would be returned if no
additional offenses were committed.

(Write your analysis for at least 1 paragraph composed of not less than 5 sentences)

ACA 2 – (Family therapy and marriage, career, and credit counseling)

Analysis: Family counseling, often known as family therapy, is a technique for establishing
and maintaining healthy and effective family connections with the purpose of identifying and
resolving family issues. Many approaches to family therapy are based on family systems
theory. These issues could be emotional, psychological, or behavioral. This shows that
families. Rather than groupings of people that function independently of one another, act as
a system. Changes in one family member, according to family systems theory, will influence
changes in other family members. Many approaches to family therapy stem from family
systems. These concerns could be emotional, psychological, or behavioral. Though this
counseling it will help this law enforcer to know what should be the best way to do, for him
to become a role model of the community and also to his family.

(Write your analysis for at least 1 paragraph composed of not less than 5 sentences)
 ACA 3 – (Cognitive-behavioral therapy to those officer who are always caught on the
scene.)

Analysis: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy treatment that

teaches people how to recognize and change harmful or distressing thought patterns that
affect their behavior and emotions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on changing the
automatic negative thoughts that can contribute to and worsen emotional difficulties,
depression, and anxiety. These spontaneous negative thoughts have a detrimental
influence on mood. By this I think that it will help him realize or overcome his/ her addiction.
Also for me if a law enforcer were involved in this kind of betting or gambling scene, he was
addicted to that game. So that this CBT will help him to become a more responsible person
not just on his own but also to the community he belong.

8. Conclusion (Decision matrix, ACA Selection)

(For me it is very important that we solve this kind of problem because it might worsen the
image of the law enforcement agency. So I made three alternative courses of action like
giving punishment rather than fines on any law enforcer who are involved in cockfighting or
any gamble. Family therapy and marriage, career, and credit counseling and the last one is
Cognitive-behavioral therapy to those officers who are always caught on the scene. For me
this is the best way to solve or lessen the involvement of those officers who are recently
participating in cockfighting. Therefore I conclude that the public image of law enforcers is
very important in our society, and being a role model to the people is a must.)

Objective: (This objective we will know what are the best among the rest of the three
alternative action course ( ACA))

(Formulate three Criteria in which you will base your decision on what ACA you will choose
to be implemented)

Criteria: a. (Give punishment rather than fines on any law enforcer who are
involved in cockfighting or any gambling.)
b. ((Family therapy and marriage, career, and credit counseling.)
c. (Cognitive-behavioral therapy to those officers who are always
caught on the scene)

(3- highest score / 1 lowest score)

CRITERIA ACA 1 ACA 2 ACA 3

Give punishment rather than fines on any 2
law enforcer who are involved in cockfighting
or any gambling
Family therapy and marriage, career, and 3
credit counselling
Cognitive-behavioural therapy to those 2
officers who are always caught on the scene
TOTAL 2 3 2

9. Analysis of Chosen ACA

(These three ACAs are good for the current barangay problem, and also for the law
enforcer but for me Family therapy and marriage, career, and credit counseling is the best
 way to solve this problem for officers who are involved in cockfighting. Because for me the
goal of family therapy is to help people build and maintain good family relationships. The
purpose is to address the family's issues as a whole, as well as the conflicts that individual
family members may have. Emotional, mental, behavioral, financial, or marital challenges
may be present. It is a very good idea because this will improve the mental health of our
officer, not just to lessen his/her addiction to that game, but also it will improve how he
works towards his family and also on work. Furthermore The three goals of family therapy
are to improve communication, deal with family conflicts, and create a better functioning
home environment. Dealing with poor family dynamics for a long time may lead to mental
health problems for each family member. This is why marriage and family therapy are
important.

Unaddressed marital problems may eventually lead to divorce, which could be another
cause of mental health issues. Who will be greatly affected? The children. Your child needs
a psychiatrist because how they deal with your marital issues is important in their growth
and development. Because there are times when I saw on TV and also in our barangay that
some law enforcers are separated because of this issue, I choose this kind of alternative
course of action.
)

10. Plan of Action

(Use the table below in creating your Plan of Action in implementing your chosen ACA. List
at least 5 activities to be undertaken.)

Activities to be Person/s Time Frame Budget (Optional)

undertaken Responsible
1. Every end of the There should be an 8:00 Am- 12:00 pm
month there should expert who would
be a symposium facilitate, and also
about how to the deputy officer on
become a good the said
leader municipalities.
2. There should be a Officer in charge on 8:00 Am – 9:00 am
weekly exercise on the said municipality
every police officer
3. Relationship Expert counsellor Whole day of the said
counselling every event
mid of the year
4. Every year there Expert counsellor Whole day of the said
should be a family event
therapy on every
officer
5. There should be a Officer in charge on It will depend on the
house to house the said availability of the said
monitoring on every municipalities officer.
officer