http://repository.mtu.edu.et/xmlui/handle/123456789/59 Sociology 2026-05-27T19:32:41Z http://repository.mtu.edu.et/xmlui/handle/123456789/132 The Roles of Community Policing in Crime Prevention and Control: The Case of Mizan-Aman Town, Bench-Sheko Zone, South West Ethiopia Peoples’ Region Belay, Demelash The study was conducted with the major objective of assessing the roles of community policing in crime prevention and control with a particular reference to Mizan-Aman town, Bench-Sheko Zone, South West Ethiopia Peoples’ Region. The study attempted to do this on the basis of the structural and philosophical dimensions of community policing as an alternative policing strategy. To achieve its stated objective the study employed a mixed method research approach where both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect and analyze data. A cross sectional survey was conducted among 383 randomly sampled residents of Mizan-Aman town. Furthermore, data were also collected through depth interviews held with five purposively selected respondents. Finding of the study indicated that community policing in Mizan-Aman town has largely been an ineffective policing strategy for preventing and controlling crime in the town. Despite its successes in its essential stages of implementation, the study found out that it has since been ineffectual. The law enforcement structure in the town was also found to be lacking the necessary philosophical and structural requirements necessary for the utilization of community policing for preventing crime in the town. The lack of trust between police and the community, the recurrent lack of trained manpower and budget constraints faced by the police, as well as the limited regular communication between the police and residents have been found to be major challenges that hindered the effectiveness of community policing in Mizan-Aman town. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.mtu.edu.et/xmlui/handle/123456789/111 Structural and Cultural Factors Grounded in College and University Student’s Entrepreneurial Tendency. Hiba, Edomgenet The general objective of the study was to explore the psychological and contextual factors grounded in college and university student's entrepreneurial intent. The study focuses in Bench- Maji, Kefa, and Sheka Zones The research design of the study was a cross-sectional survey design where relevant data were collected through questionnaires from a sample of 347 University and Technical and Vocational Education and Training ( TVET) College graduating class students. The data were analyzed using both descriptive statistics ( Bar graph and Pie chart) and inferential statistics (Chi-square goodness-of-fit test. Independent-samples t-test, and One-way between- group analysis of variance). The qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interview with prospective graduates and key informant interview with concerned government officials. The stud}' found out that among prospective graduates of higher education institutions in the study area, only 45.4-50.6% had low. 24-33.7% had moderate, and 18-25% had a high level of entrepreneurial intent. The study also showed that the level of higher education, prior experience of self-employment, and the chance of taking extracurricular entrepreneurship courses were the three demographic and other distal variables that explained the difference in entrepreneurial intent among the study population. The study, however, showed: gender, the chance of taking entrepreneurship courses as part of curriculum, college, department, parent’s occupation, and le\ el of education had no statistically significant association with entrepreneurial intent of the study population. The study reveals that subjective norms and perceived behavioral control predicted the entrepreneurial intention of prospective graduate students. However, personal attitude found to be insignificant in determining entrepreneurial intention. With regard to the comparison, there were no meaningful difference TVET and University students in their attitude and perceived behavioral control. The subjective norms and the overall entrepreneurial intention score found to be higher among TVET prospective graduate students. This study has also found out that structural factor (access to consultancy service) and cultural factor (shared values associated with the nature of departments, prestige, and Community perception towards entrepreneurship) predict entrepreneurial intent among the study population. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z