The effect of organizational structure of police stations and checkpoints on crime prevention

Appropriate organizational structure is considered as a prerequisite for achieving organizational goals. For this purpose, and considering the changes in social relations and the new needs of stakeholders in the present era, organizations at certain intervals to review their structures and seek to align the structures with organizational goals and missions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the organizational structure of police stations and checkpoints on crime prevention.

The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey based on the data collection method. The statistical population of the present study consists of all commanders and staff with bachelor's degrees and above in the police stations of Greater Tehran, numbering 638 people. From this number, using Cochran's formula and considering the error of 0.04, 271 people were selected as a statistical sample. Simple was distributed among the sample population. The validity of the research instrument was evaluated and confirmed by the face validity and reliability of the research instrument from Cronbach's alpha coefficient. SPSS software was used to analyze the data.

The test results of research hypotheses using univariate regression correlation coefficient showed; The dimensions of the independent research variable are; Specialize فعال activity (r = 0.310); Standardization of activities (r = 0.276); Coordinate activity (r = 0.288); Decentralization of decision making (r = 0.342); The size of the work unit (r = 0.259) as well as the independent variable "organizational structure of police stations and checkpoints" (r = 0.288) have a significant effect on crime prevention.

Flexible, dynamic and coordinated organizational structure with environmental changes can be effective in advancing goals and fulfilling organizational missions.