Investigating the Social factors related to the Level of Citizen Participation with the Police in Khalkhal City

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Seyed Mohammad Reza Rashidi Al Hashem ¹ , Mohsen Hadi Tahan ² , Shahram Afrasiabi ³

1 - Assistant Professor of Imam Hussein Officer University
2 - Researcher of Imam Hossein Officer University
3 - Master of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University

Received: 2021-08-07 Accepted : 2021-08-07 Published : 2021-06-01

Keywords:

Abstract :

This study has been conducted with the purpose of examining social factors related to the amount of citizen participation with the police in which citizens of Khalkhal, Iran were participating. The theoretical framework of this research is based on theorists such as Almond and Verba, Zetomka, Parsons etc. This is a survey research is based on terms of analytical-discriptional object, cross-sectional time and the relationship between correlation variables and quantitative measurement techniques. The total population of Khalkhal was estimated to 50000 citizens ranging from 18 to 64. Considering characteristics of the statistical population and its outnumbered population in the present study, 381 citizens were selected as the sample using the Cochran's formula in order to conduct research and gather information. Formal validity was also used in the current research as well as Cronbach's alpha method to measure the reliability of the questionnaire. SPSS statistical software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the independent variables of police satisfaction, the degree of religiosity of individuals, the level of social trust and the degree of political trust and the dependent variable of the level of participation with the police. Moreover, there was no significant difference between the independent variable of the social and economic base of the respondents and their level of participation with the police.