TITLE:
Perception of the Community towards Issues on Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines
AUTHORS:
Mary Chris Austria-Cruz
KEYWORDS:
Extrajudicial Killing, Targeted Killing, Perception
JOURNAL NAME:
Voice of the Publisher,
Vol.6 No.1,
March
31,
2020
ABSTRACT: In the Philippines, Extrajudicial Killings is the
tool mainly used against narcoproducents, narcotraficars and narcodealers.
This study described the impacts of the
viewed video clips in determining the attitudes and behavior of the respondents towards extrajudicial killings; and the response (positive/negative) and action
of the respondents upon viewing the video clips. Descriptive method was used in
this research and Likert-type questionnaire was utilized and distributed to 165 respondents. The researcher concluded that the respondents obtained knowledge and better understanding about
extrajudicial killing documentaries. This was founded results wherein
the respondent’s answers to the survey questionnaires bent towards “agree” and
“neutral”. The results also imply that respondents have a positive attitude
towards the documentaries about extrajudicial
killings. Respondent’s increased knowledge leads to
favorable attitude. The respondents became more concerned with the children who live in the next generation to have a peaceful, safety and drug-free country as they sympathize with the difficulties of extrajudicial killings featured in the documentaries.
Over-all, it is concluded that most of the respondents thought of Extrajudicial
killing as a positive tool against narcoproducents, narcotraficars and narcodealers.