Perception of the Community towards Issues on Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines

摘要

In the Philippines, Extrajudicial Killings is the tool mainly used against narcoprodu cents , 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 documen taries. 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 lead s to favora ble attitude. The respondents became more concer ned with the children who live in the next generation to have a peaceful, safety and drug - free country as they sympath ize with the difficulties of e xtra j udicial 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 .