A Survey on the Reasons behind Enhancement of Rape Rate 47 (Case Study: Bandar Abbass)

Deviation, wrongdoing and crime have had a long history in the human beings' life, and they are as old as human being's civilization. This is an inevitable fact that affects every single community. The present article has been conducted with the aim of "reviewing social, economic, cultural, and psychological factors contributing to enhancement of rape rate in the city of Bandar Abbass". The issue has been theoretically reviewed and analyzed based on social, economic, demographic and cultural theories related to the phenomenon of rape and its impact on the individuals' public security. The case study is of periodic type and sampling has been implemented through improbable method, and is of quota type. The data has been gathered through observation, as well as using self-made questionnaire and conducting interviews, wherein those accused of raping, police experts, and university professors were interviewed deeply to survey the constituents effective in having tendency toward raping.