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- 1. Running head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL Introduction This paper intends to investigate the measures of enhancing security in learning institutions. In the previous decades, most universities and colleges have appeared much unique environmental position in terms of security provisions. The security provisions are mainly based significant features which are mainly changing. The university hence can be held accountable for individual functions it is committed as an autonomous body concerning the rules and regulation. Public learning institutions have a supreme equivalence of any other government parastatals that has a duty to protect its clients and employees Thesis Statement This paper seeks to discuss the current statistics which indicates clearly that there is upsurging of numerous crimes which happen in colleges and universities on a continuous basis. It has been discovered that, in the year 2001, there were 11,659 robberies reported from the universities and colleges. Additionally, there have also been 610 murders. Similarly, more than 10,000 compulsory sexual assaults were also described in the college campuses over this same period. Hypothesis Security enhancement leads to a reduction in crimes in Learning Institutions.
- 2. The universities and schools in this country are prone to the violence. If the plight of violence in this country is not sufficiently addressed, it will lead to a rise in a number of the casualties and victims of murder in the learning institutions (Prenzler, 2012). This is considered to be evident of the challenges that take place in Virginia Tech. Even after the perilous and hazardous occurrence, the country ends up going to normal business, this must not be the case. The federal government and other stakeholders have made the decision to take a stand and commit itself on just what it takes to ensure there is safety in the learning institutions. The first step is to file the bill of installing security measures in learning institutions. Last year the report indicated that over 450 bills were filed but they have never been debated. Based on that, it should be noted that the university and school management do not have an obligation to be blamed with the government on certain aspects of safety and security measures. The second step is to involve all learning institutions stakeholders in the decision making. This requires all teachers, the college management, the parents, board of governors and local communities to come up with diverse and practical strategies to put in place so as to save the students. The third and final step is implementation. Since it has been noted that safe environment is basic to the success of the institution, and it is part and parcel of the school management. The management must execute all strategies discussed including all the bills regarding security. The much-required quality education hence ought to be stressed in all possible situations with the same enthusiasm that is bestowed to different academic issues which the students engage in. These learning institutions, in this case, ought to endeavor to
- 3. implement the campus security practices which have been considered to be effective in other private colleges and campuses. In addition, it is significant that there must be a stringent evaluation of the execution of the emergency reaction strategies that have to be piloted, where there are numerous crime incidences which take place (Heizer & Render, 2014). This will assist in guaranteeing that the ongoing cycle of mitigation, preparation, response and recovery, is adhered to (Prenzler, 2012). Measurement and Analysis Approach Some of the approaches that will be applied in order to carry out the appropriate and effective study to put in place stringent security measures to the students include a collection of data from the students especially those who have been victims. There will be the use of questionnaires, where questions will be drafted regarding insecurity incidences and what the main causes were. The questionnaires will give feedback on the safety or security measures that have been in place before to curb insecurity issues and were a general impact on the lives of the students. Finally, there will be the use of interviews. The students will be interviewed on the matters concerning security. The interview will be on individual basis. The victims will be given priority in the interview because they have life experience. Ethical Standards Data integrity: falsification and fabrication of research data is misconduct. It is my role as a researcher to avoid some of the omission and false statements that misrepresents research record. Hence I will ensure that I report what has been observed at the time of submission. On issue of publication I will communicate to the scholarly world to help the readers to be more informed of the research findings by making them accessible in continuous manner with pertinent publication
- 4. standards. The data to be reported must be detailed to help me duplicate the result (Herlihy &Corey, 2014). Applicable Resources Heizer, J. H., & Render, B. (2014). Operations Management: Sustainability and supply chain management. Boston: Prentice Hall This source discusses the designing, overseeing and controlling of the research process to effectively deliver appropriate study. Jones, C., & Kennedy-Pipe, C. (2000). International security in a global age: Securing the Twenty-first century. London: F. Cass. This source provides details regarding international security and management of learning institutions safety measures. Prenzler, T. (2012). Policing and security in practice: Challenges and achievements. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. This source provides some guidelines and policing strategies that can help to minimize insecurity. Weiss, L. (2003). States in the global economy: Bringing domestic institutions back in. Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press. This source provides an overview of bringing institutions together and establishing organized structure of dealing with insecurity. Herlihy, B., & Corey, G. (2014). ACA ethical standards
- 5. casebook. John Wiley & Sons. This source provides ethical standards that must be applied during and presentation of the research 3