Investigating the Social Role of FATA Police Feeling of Security for Families in Cyberspace (Case Study: Families Residing in Mashhad)

Introduction and Sense of security is one of the fundamental aspects of security concept in its general meaning. Creating a sense of security for families in cyberspace against threats from different actors which affects different aspects of their physical، social، financial and intellectual security is one of the main concerns of Information Exchange Space Police (FATA) in our today''s society. It seems that the social function of this specialized police organization can be effective in the process of producing and continuity of families'' security feeling in cyberspace in various forms. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between social roles of FATA police on families'' security feeling in Mashhad. This is a survey study and correlation type. Data was gathered by means of a questionnaire. The statistical population of this study is all families residing in Mashhad، which 1000 heads of households have been selected by cluster and random sampling method. Data analysis was performed by applying statistical tests in the form of SPSS and AMOS soft wares. The findings show that social roles of FATA police have a wide relation to families'' security feeling in cyberspace. The main finding of this study is a positive and significant relationship between social role of FATA police and families'' security feeling residing in this city in cyberspace. In relation with significance of each dimension; Appropriate response of FATA police dimension with intellectual dimension، holding educational classes by FATA police for families with social and financial dimensions، gaining the trust of families to police ability with intellectual and social dimensions، offering the quick access to FATA police for families with life and social dimensions، reflection of the police success for families with social and intellectual dimensions، providing practical approaches for controlling people in cyberspace with financial and intellectual dimensions and providing preventive alerts in cyberspace for families with all dimensions of security feeling are significant. With the obtained results from the dimensions of mentioned variables، it can be said that the highest impact is on the component of gaining the trust of families to FATA police''s ability with the social dimension of families'' security feeling (r=0. 182) and the minimum impact is on the component of the response in the police social role with life and families'' security feeling (r=0. 013). Analysis of data shows that the findings of this study can be used to inform police managers and also strengthen the social role of FATA police in programs generating families'' security feeling in cyberspace.