Investigating the causes of crime in the periphery of Sari and ways to prevent it

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Akbar Darvishi ¹ , Mohammad Barani ² , Taghi Bakhtiari ³

1 - Faculty of Humanities, Amin University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor Amin University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor Amin University of Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-03-06 Accepted : 2023-02-07 Published : 2022-12-01

Keywords: religiosity, crime, Peer group, Type of family relationship,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research is to investigate the factors of crime in the outskirts of Sari city and ways to prevent it. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of survey type. Its statistical population consisted of all the people aged 20 to 39 living in the outskirts of Sari city, and due to the unlimited number of statistical population, 250 people were selected as a statistical sample by simple random sampling method. To analyze the data, Pearson correlation tests, one-way analysis of variance and multivariate regression were used.The results showed that; There is an inverse and significant relationship between warm and intimate family relationships and the level of religiosity with crime, but there is a positive and significant relationship between cold and contentious family and peer group relationships with crime and delinquency. Also, there is a significant relationship between the economic status of the family and the amount of crime and delinquency.