PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE PERSONNEL IN HANDLING CICL

CASES IN SELECTED CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

IN NUEVA ECIJA

An Undergraduate Thesis
Presented to the Faculty of
The College of Criminal Justice Education
PHINMA Araullo University
Cabanatuan City

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

By:
Balunes, Justin L.
Estone, Kristine B.
Manahan, Niña V.
Santos, Wendel M.
Sevilla,Mayna T.

March, 2023
 CHAPTER 1

The Problem and its Setting

Introduction

The nation's future is seen as being in the hands of its children. Children must be

looked for and shielded from danger and injury in society. But as time passes, individuals

become more likely to commit crimes, usually small ones that are against the law. The

main causes of youngsters committing crimes include lack of parental direction, poverty,

peer pressure, and, regrettably, adult exploitation.

According to United States (2018), carried out in the recent years, it has been seen

that youth is getting involved in crimes. When a young person is involved in a criminal

case, he becomes a juvenile delinquent. He enters the age of criminal responsibility

where he is being considered responsible for a crime. When a child is minor and has not

reached the age of criminal responsibility, they cannot be charged with a juvenile crime.

But when the child is not a minor, he can be certainly charged with a criminal offense.

It's necessary that we recognize that a child does not inherently possess criminal

tendencies. Juvenile crime always has several contributing circumstances that put them in

risky situations. The most frequent youth crimes include misbehavior, burglary, and

criminal mischief. Early intervention is essential and in order to avoid juvenile

criminality, its underlying reasons must first be fully comprehended. A child may commit

crime for a variety of reasons. To effectively combat juvenile criminality, one must first

comprehend the social, political, and environmental factors that have a significant impact

on it
 CHAPTER 2

Review of Related Literatures and Studies

This chapter contains all the related literature and studies both foreign and local as

the result of in-depth and thorough research of the researchers. The following are all

related and relevant to the study, most of the review of related literature and studies are

extracted from a certain published materials, unpublished materials and electronics.

Foreign Literature

According to Grench (2021), in New York City, youth detention centers are

experiencing a staffing “crisis within a crisis” as overworked guards try to keep an aging

and increasing listless population under control. As the city’s child welfare department

struggles to maintain a personnel dealing with injuries and exhaustion, youth advocates

and union leaders are asking for more staff and structure in the detention centers. Only

401 of the required 850 so-called Youth Development Specialists were working as of

Monday, according to the Administration for Children’s Services. This is due to the fact

that approximately 250 positions have remained vacant, more than 200 specialists are on

absence due to worker’s compensation or other reasons. Outside of their rooms, social

workers and children desire more and better “programming,” which includes educational

courses, career training, therapeutic work, and physical activities. Meanwhile, union

members are encouraging the city to hire hundreds of workers who were promised for

years. Both agencies believe that providing greater social and intellectual stimulation to

juvenile detainees-which would require more staff-would help reduce violence and foster

a healthier environment. Staff claim that older detainees are physically more difficult to
 CHAPTER 3

Research Methodology

This chapter presents the methodology of this study. It includes research design,

respondents of the study, sampling procedure, materials and instruments, data gathering

procedure and statistical treatment of data.

Research Design

The research design used by the researchers was a descriptive method of research

by using questionnaire checklists to know the problems encountered by the personnel

who handles CICL cases in selected cities and municipalities in Nueva Ecija.

Descriptive method of research defined as the data fact-finding with adequate

interpretation and the true meaning of the data collected from the point of view of the

objective and assumption of the research, it can be used in multiple ways and for various

reasons. (Aquino)

Descriptive research design makes adequate and accurate interpretation with or

without the aid of statistical methods. And this type of research method is something

more and beyond just the data-gathering. Thus, descriptive method of research was used

in the study considering it is the most appropriate method in conducting the research.

The type of descriptive design method to be used is survey method, wherein it

includes recording the answers of the respondents through surveys or questionnaires.

Surveys were generally used to collect feedback from the respondents. A survey method

is a process, tool, or technique that you can use to gather information in research by
 CHAPTER 4
Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data

This chapter provides the presentation of statistical data relative to the problems as

earlier posted. Corresponding analysis and interpretation regarding these data were also

presented in this portion of this study.

Table 1.1 presents the demographic profile of the respondents as to age, gender,

civil status, educational attainment, years in service.

1. Socio - Demographic Profile of the Respondents.

To understand the knowledge and competency of the respondents in this study

their profiles were presented below.

The following table presented the distribution and percentage of the respondents

in terms of age.
 CHAPTER 5

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

This chapter presents summary of findings, and the corresponding conclusion

derived in the conduct of the study. It also provides recommendation that could be

pursued by other researchers.

Summary

This study aimed to find out the Problems Encountered by the Personnel in

handling CICL cases in selected Cities/Municipalities of Nueva Ecija". The descriptive

method of research was employed in this study, employing the questionnaire checklist.

The respondents were twenty (20) PNP Personnel and eight (8) DSWD Personnel. The

study is conducted for a period of two semesters from September, 2022 to March, 2023.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions.

1. How may the profile of the respondents be described in term of:

1.1 Age;

1.2 Gender;

1.3 Civil Status;

1.4 Educational Attainment; and

1.5 Years in service?

2. What are the problems encountered by the respondents in handling CICL case?

3. How do the respondents deals with the problems encountered in handling CICL case?