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

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.