Survey the role of the feeling of relative deprivation and neighborhood ties in the tendency towards urban violence (case study: youth of Rasht city)

Subject Areas : Sociology and Human Settlements

Nayyer Ebrahimi ¹ , Reza ali Mohseni ^{2 *} , Mahmood Elmi ³

1 - Ph.D. Student, Department of Sociology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2022-12-12 Accepted : 2023-01-28 Published : 2024-08-22

Keywords: Rasht City, Feeling of relative deprivation, neighborhood ties, urban violence,

Abstract :

Introduction: Attention to the reduction of urban insecurity is one of the important issues in achieving sustainable social development. Urban crime and violence are among the factors that weaken security in cities. Urban violence is one of the social harms that can be studied to understand the state of social health in a city. The purpose of the research: The purpose of the research is to study the role of feeling of relative deprivation and neighborhood ties in the tendency towards urban violence.Research methodology: descriptive-analytical research method and document methods and questionnaire tools were used to collect information. The statistical population of the research consists of 224,203 young people aged 18 to 35 in Rasht city.The geographical scope of the research: The geographical scope of the current research is the five districts of Rasht city.The geographical scope of the research: The geographical scope of the current research is the five districts of Rasht city.Findings and discussion: The findings showed that there is a weak inverse significant correlation (-0.19) between neighborhood links and ties and tendency to urban violence; However, there is a direct significant correlation (0.33) between the feeling of relative deprivation and the tendency to urban violence. Also, the results of structural equation modeling also showed that neighborhood ties and ties with a coefficient of -0.30 and feeling of relative deprivation with a coefficient of 0.39 have an effect on the tendency to urban violence.Results: In order to reduce urban violence among young people, it is necessary to make detailed plans and policies in the field of reducing the feeling of relative deprivation (equal distribution of facilities and establishment of social justice) and increasing the sense of social belonging to the city and urban neighborhoods.