The pattern of participation of border residents of Ardabil province in the prevention of border crimes with emphasis on drug trafficking

The mechanisms of preventive and countermeasures at the borders should be designed in such a way as to prevent the occurrence of border crimes and increase the border security factor. Considering the essential and important role of this type of crime in the border areas of the country, the participation of border residents in this matter is very vital. The current research was also conducted with the aim of designing a model for the participation of border residents of Ardabil province in the prevention of border crimes with an emphasis on drug trafficking with two qualitative and quantitative approaches.

This research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive in terms of type, and mixed in terms of the nature of the data, which was carried out using the field method. The statistical community, in the first stage, 30 people from Ardabil governorate managers and employees of the border regiment, active in the field of border crimes with more than 20 years of experience, who were selected by the purposeful method (theoretical sampling), with the chain referral method (snowball method) and in the department The number of employees of Ardabil governorate is 280 people, of which 162 people were selected according to Morgan's table and based on stratified random sampling. The data collection tool was semi-structured interview in the qualitative phase and the redesigned questionnaire resulting from the first phase was used in the quantitative phase.

The obtained data sets were organized in the form of 110 open codes, 62 concepts, 15 categories and 6 classes after a continuous process of open, central and selective coding.

Based on the results of the research, supporting the distribution network of domestic goods suppliers with a coefficient of 0.855 and increasing commercial profit by the government with a coefficient of 0.672 were identified as the most and least influential factors.