فصلنامه مطالعات امنیت اجتماعی
سال پنجم شماره 1 (پیاپی 37، بهار 1393)

Security feeling, in its general term, is one of the basic aspects of the security concept. The present survey aims at reviewing the role of mental health in security feeling on the part of Lorestani citizens. For this purpose, 400 Lorestani citizens randomly selected through multi-stage cluster sampling method. The present research with regard to the predetermined objectives is of applied type in terms of objective, and is of survey and descriptive type in terms of nature. The tool utilized in the research is mental health questionnaire, and social security feeling questionnaire. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics( mean, standard deviation) and deductive statistics( Pearson correlation, and T Test for comparing two different groups).The findings indicate that the citizens in terms of internal aspect( coherence and identity) have a higher sense of security compared external aspect( financial, life, thought and collective).The findings also indicated that women have lower sense of secu.

Being located in the North West Iran, East and West Azarbaijan have some demographic, cultural, geographical, historical, economic and industrial affinities. However, they are different from each other in some aspects. These, differences are tangible in various fields, especially in the social security feeling as well as willingness for investment domains. With respect to these differences, the researchers aimed at reviewing the relationship between social security feeling and willingness for investment in these two provinces. The present research is of survey type, and the tool for gathering data information is questionnaire. N=373 including managers of private companies active in East and West Azarbaijan Provinces (active by late September 2011). The managers were selected through using Cockran formula and using multi-stage cluster sampling method. The result of the research indicates that willingness for investment in the two provinces is in the average level; however, the level of willingness for inAbstract

The present article is aimed at identifying individuals' level of responsibility toward social security and the role of trust in police in determining it. The research is of survey type. N=400 comprised of Tehrani citizens of 18+.The descriptive results of the research indicated that citizens' level of responsibility toward social security is of high level. Considering the relationship between the two variables indicated that there is correlation of average level between citizens' trust in police and their responsibility level toward social security. There is also average level correlation between interpersonal trust and level of citizens' responsibility toward social security. In conclusion, if individuals have more trust in police and its personnel, they feel the most responsible toward security.

The present research has been conducted aimed at describing lifestyle status in Tehran urban society and offering approaches for promoting public's vision toward police forces, while considering the relationship between these lifestyles and laws. The research, in terms of methodology, relies on documentary survey of the researches conducted over the recent years to achieve a description of lifestyle. It also aims at achieving approaches for adjusting the relationship between police and lifestyle through using law. In this regard, 15 experts active in social sciences, law and judgment were interviewed. At present circumstances, lifestyle in Tehran urban society may be considered to be in an anomic situation, where moral values of the society are not dominant, but the norms are so fragile. These circumstances bring about moral crises, violence intensification, reduction of social trust and capital, unpredictable behavior of individuals, and plurality in their lives and the society as well. In such circumstances, proper description of the situation for lawmaker and demanding from him, reducing the burden of police and commissioning responsibilities to other organs, decriminalizing many criminal titles, movement toward pluralist laws rather than national laws, full implementation of laws, and introducing a kind and lenient image of police are all among the solutions that can bring about police jurisdiction and efficiency, which will in turn will lead to improvement of public's vision toward police. More accurate consideration of bills such as decriminalization bill, crime prevention bill, and judicial police law is so essential.

The present article aims at reviewing the relationship between social trust (interpersonal trust, generalized trust, and organ trust) and social security feeling among heads of household living in Pakdasht. The study which is of survey type has been conducted based on the theoretical approach of Robert Patnam and Zetomka and through using questionnaire. N=384 selected from among the heads of households living in Pakdasht using multi-stage cluster sampling method randomly. The results of the statistical analysis through using Pearson correlation coefficient indicates that there is significant relationship between the two variables of social trust in interpersonal aspects, generalized and organ on one hand and social security feeling on the part of heads of households of Pakdasht from financial ,living, moral and professional aspects. From among the examined variables, interpersonal trust and generalized trust clarify around 32 percent of the dependent variable changes. The results of path analysis indicate that interpersonal trust and generalized trust have the most impact on social security feeling on the part of household heads.

Time and places are divided into two categories in urban places: secure and insecure. Although security is transgender issue, due to feeling unsecure women ca not benefit from urban places properly. Security feeling is among constituents of urban rights in the urban theory of Lofor, which has been examined as one of the forecasting factors of level of benefitting from urban rights .The findings achieved through qualitative method and interviews with women ranging from 25 to 55 indicate that almost half of the respondents feel that live in safe neighborhoods, and more than half of them feel that they live in rather secure, insecure or very insecure neighborhoods. There are four factors identified to be effective in women's understanding and vision toward urban security: characteristics of urban places, human mediators, collective memory, and time split. The factors leading to insecurity feeling are heterogeneous application, inadequate lighting, closed environment, being used by one gender, lack of possibility of escaping, respectively. Three fourths of the respondents have referred to effectiveness of existence of individual supporter and two thirds of them have pointed out the effectiveness of public supporter. Human mediators have significant impact on reduction of insecurity on the part of women in urban places, so that almost one third of them believe that quotations and experiences of their friends and relatives have had impact on their insecurity feeling, while 80 percent of them believe that mass media have had impact on their insecurity feeling.