Perception of citizen security of the students of UNAH Valle de Sula

Abstract

The following document presents the results of a quantitative research carried out on the campus of the UNAH-VS with student population on the subject of perception about citizen security. This research work was carried out within the framework of the Sociological Research Workshop class II, which was postulated as the final work for graduation. The results showed that there is a perception of high insecurity, students feel unsafe in public spaces. In the community spaces, there is a feeling of greater security resulting from social networks and existing social capital. The level of trust in public institutions is quite weak due to the lack of effectiveness in the performance of their functions. At an objective level, violence results in crimes such as personal theft, at home, causing considerable economic losses to citizens and having side effects on psychological, social and economic well-being. This situation provokes fear of crime, leading to an increase in conflicting relations between the different social actors and the imminent need to adopt preventive measures to protect against crime.