Methodology

As source of primary data, this case study conducted focused interviews with Barangay Chairman Silvano and Security and Order Kagawad Ricardo Silvano, and retrieved Little Baguio’s official crime statistics from years 2007-2008. To guard against human error and partiality, the veracity of their statements during the focused interview was cross-checked with other sources of information like the Barangay Little Baguio’s records, archives of San Juan local government, National Statistics Office, Department of Interior and Local Government, and books on the Philippine legal system, among others.

The discussions in the Review of Related Literature and Conceptual Framework have established the utility and rationale of the conceptual framework. To see if indeed the factors of success included in the framework are relevant to crime prevention, crime rates and crime distribution before the reforms are compared to those during the first year of reforms. This comparison partly answers the problem statement from a quantitative perspective. The information from the focused interview provide explanations to the quantitative findings.