Analyzing the Departmental Negligence, Lack of Training, and Community-Policing as Failures to Police: A Study of District Sargodha

Authors

  • Azmat Jaffar School of Criminology and Criminal Justice System, Minhaj University Lahore – Pakistan
  • Waleed Ahmad School of Criminology and Criminal Justice System, Minhaj University Lahore – Pakistan
  • Amna Abdul Razzaq Department of Criminology, University of Lahore – Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63954/WAJSS.4.1.11.2025

Keywords:

Community Policing, Human rights, negligence, positivity, society

Abstract

This study aims at exploring the departmental negligence, lack of training, and community-policing as the failures to Police in District Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan. The purpose of the study is to analyze the factors that have destroyed and disrupted the smooth functioning of the police department by employing the Durkheim’s Structural Functionalism Theory (Pike, 2013). Through simple Random Sampling Technique, the researcher took Tehsil Sargodha as a target population for the study of interest. A structured questionnaire (consists of closed-ended questions based on a Likert scale) is designed to collect primary data from respondents. The collected data is analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The data shows the problems faced by police in their respective field. The researchers have given certain suggestions to end the negligence of the police department to promote positivity and basic human rights in society.

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Published

2025-06-15

How to Cite

Azmat Jaffar, Waleed Ahmad, & Amna Abdul Razzaq. (2025). Analyzing the Departmental Negligence, Lack of Training, and Community-Policing as Failures to Police: A Study of District Sargodha. Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences, 4(1), 169–197. https://doi.org/10.63954/WAJSS.4.1.11.2025