Gender Generalizability of Social Bonding Theory in Explanation of Girl Student's Deviant Behaviors

The researches have been done in Iran rarely have focused on generalzability of criminological theories in explanation of females’ deviant behaviors. The main objective of the present study was to test the generalizability of Hirschi's social bonding theory among women. The method of research was survey and data were collected through a questionnaire. Stratified random sampling method and sample size included 410 male and female students. Among the variables, involvement has no significant effect on deviant behavior, deviant. Thus, the effect of independent variables that entered the model variables, belief, attachment and commitment has a negative and significant relationship with deviant behaviors. Finally, with less impact (compared with boys), it was shown that social bonding theory couldable to explain girl students’ deviant behaviors.