Asian Social Science; Vol. 11, No. 5; 2015 ISSN 1911-2017 E-ISSN 1911-2025 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 48 A Feasibility Study to Inaugurate the Rangsit Crime Survey Jomdet Trimek 1 1 Criminology and Criminal Justice Adminsitration, Rangsit University, Pathumtani, Thailand Correspondence: Jomdet Trimek, Criminology and Criminal Justice Adminsitration, Rangsit University, Pathumtani, Thailand. Tel: 66-8-6989-4460. E-mail: jomdet@rsu.ac.th Received: August 10, 2014 Accepted: November 6, 2014 Online Published: February 12, 2015 doi:10.5539/ass.v11n5p48 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v11n5p48 Abstract Thailand’s crime data collection system is yet to be on par with international standards, resulting in distorted analysis of actual crime situation and difficulty in formulating crime reduction policy. This research analyses crime data collection system of the United States and the United Kingdom in order to study ways to inaugurate a crime survey and find out the best means of carrying out such project by Rangsit University. This research is conducted qualitatively via in-depth interview of six crime data collection and analysis experts in order to recognise the problems and formulate solutions for crime data collection in Thailand. In addition, a focus group consisting of eight crime data collection experts will be formed to determine the procedure involved in the Rangsit Crime Survey. The researchers found out that crime data collection system in Thailand, in particular the Royal Thai Police’s five-group crime data collection, still has shortcomings in terms of redundant and outdated offense categorisation, and problems in data collection and dissemination. Crime survey conducted by the Office of Justice Affairs still has limitations regarding the development of interview forms, data collection, budget constraints, and dissemination of data which may be harmful to other state agencies. As for the feasibility of conducting crime survey by Rangsit University, the experts agree that such survey be conducted in the form of Crime Fear Poll, the most feasible method which incurs least costs and minimal staff requirements. The name of the project will be the “RSU Crime Survey”. Keywords: crime survey, crime data collection system, crime, victim 1. Introduction The crime problem or the safety problem of the citizen’s life and property is one of the important problems for evaluating the quality of life of the citizens in the society because the existing of the crime can cause the negative impacts to the citizen directly and indirectly as well as can be a factor to stop the growth and country development. To protect the crime problem most efficiently, it needs to have the policy and strategy for this problem solving clearly and directly to the problem point. The most important of the main data to analyze for planning to prevent the crime problem is the crime statistics. Thus, if there is the imperfection or the flaw in the crime statistics even the data collection or the statistic number of criminal cases which are not consistent with the truth, it may directly impact to lower the efficiency of the tools to prevent the crime as well. This research analyzes the pattern from The British Crime Survey or The Crime Survey for England and Wales, The US Uniform Crime Report (UCR), and National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to be a prototype by studying from the beginning to build the pattern of crime statistic collecting from the crime victims to the method of the implementation including the problems and obstacles occurred in order to utilize the way of data analyzing and the development of the data collecting system in Thailand. Moreover, the researcher will study the direct and indirect related statistical methods of the crime problem in the related organizations and institutions in Thailand for analyzing the benefits, methods, processes, and the possibility to create the survey project of the crime status with the Rangsit Crime Survey. This includes the study of the possibility of using the crime statistics to be the main statistics following with the 5 groups of the crime case statistics of the Royal Thai Police at the present time. This is for better reflecting the scope of the crime happening including for creating the policy to solve the crime problem, and for the providing the budget using for the crime problem in each area to be right to the problem and more efficient than the present time. 1.1 Objectives 1. To study the way of the crime statistic survey and the problems and obstacles for the crime survey in the United Kingdom and the United States