نشریه مطالعات فرهنگی پلیس
سال دهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 36، بهار 1402)

The aim of this research was to construct and validate a questionnaire to measure the effectiveness of cultural-educational programs on prisoners. The research method was mixed and its design was sequential exploration-instrumentation. In the qualitative part, ten key informants in the field of prison cultural-educational programs were selected and participated in the focus group using the purposeful sampling method, the representative method, and theoretical saturation rule. In the quantitative part, the statistical population consisted of all convicted prisoners who spent the last two months of their sentence in the three months of autumn of 2019 in Hamedan Central Prison and were incarcerated for at least six months. According to Cohen's table (1992), the sample size was determined to be 45 people and 70 questionnaires were distributed according to available methods of which 66 questionnaires were analyzed. In order to collect the data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure the effectiveness of the prison's cultural-educational programs (including five religious, propaganda, artistic, educational, and sports components). The data were analyzed using the method of structural equation modeling with the partial least squares approach by means of Smart PLS3 software. The results showed that the effect coefficients of the indicators of all components were significant (P<0.01). The compiled questionnaire had convergent validity (AVE>0.7) and divergent validity (√AVE>r) as well as reliability (CA & CR>0.7). The values of explained variance (R>0.67) and predictive fit (Q2≥0.35) were acceptable and the questionnaire has a strong goodness of fit (GoF=0.573). Therefore, this questionnaire has suitable psychometric features.

The current research aims to study cultural and social factors affecting the tendency of couples at the reproductive age to childbearing. The research is of applied-descriptive type and it has been done in a survey method. The statistical population consisted of all women of reproductive age and their husbands who lived in Behbahan city and villages of the Khuzestan Province. The data was collected through the researcher-made questionnaire. For the validity confirmation, the formal and content validity were used and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for the reliability amounting to 0.70, which was acceptable. Data analysis was done using SPSS software and difference of avarages, one-way variance analysis, and regression. The findings showed that the variables of gender, residence status, ethnicity, couple's education, and the amount of use of contraceptives were effective on the tendency to childbearing, however there was no significant difference between the age of marriage of the couples and their age difference with the tendency to childbearing. Being influenced by the opinions of others, satisfaction with married life, hope for the future of Iran, and the religiousness of the couples were effective on the tendency of the couples to childbearing, but The importance of women to body shape and the amount of use of mass communication tools were not effective.

The present research aims to investigate the relationship between police organizational culture and crime prevention. This research is of applied type and has been done in a descriptive-correlation method. The statistical population of the research included 102 PhD and MA students of crime prevention field at Amin University of Police Sciences during 2022. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. Correlation and regression analysis methods were used in SPSS software in order to analyze the collected data. The findings of the research showed that five components of police organizational culture, including law-abiding with a rate of 0.280, transformationalism with a rate of 0.190, perfectionism with a rate of 0.230, idealism with a rate of 0.240, and schoolism with a rate of 0.316, have effects on police crime prevention.

acculturation is considered one of the main and most important functions of the education and training process; On the other hand, the acculturation process plays an important role in policy formation. With regard to the police's behavioral policy, which is basically based on the relevant laws; Therefore, the purpose of this research is to explain the place of cultural education in Faraja and its role in legalism of employees of the police command of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The present research is of quasi-experimental type and using pre-test-post-test and control group and the method of data collection in two documental and field parts through the distribution of questionnaires made by the researcher. The statistical population in the present study includes all the employees of Shahrekord police command and the research sample was selected by the available method and through screening. In order to analyze the questionnaire data, the multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) test was used.

The results of the research showed that by proving the necessity of training, education and teaching the basics and principles of Islamic culture in police command, the goals of the training and excellence courses in the dimension of legalism (taking into account the order of effect) as described, ensuring the implementation of the law to the extent of 37 0.0, positive attitude towards legalism at the rate of 0.32 and identification and reflection of legal gaps and weaknesses at the rate of 0.29 have been achieved.

The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of cultural capital and professional ethics of Faraja sports coaches on job enthusiasm by investigating the mediating role of social capital. The present research method is a correlational description. The statistical population of the research consisted of 250 Faraja sports coaches in Tehran, who were determined by the non-probability sampling method and available sample size using Sample Power software, and the goal was to use the questionnaire in this way in order to answer questions related to the dimensions of cultural capital, social capital, professional ethics and job enthusiasm. In order to analyze the data, the model of structural equations was used. The findings showed that professional ethics and cultural and social capital directly have a positive and meaningful effect on the job enthusiasm of Faraja sports coaches. In addition, professional ethics and cultural capital were effective on social capital and job enthusiasm.

Police stories are extracted from the heart of the society. Police stories are extracted from the heart of society. Considering the social context of the police story, in this research which was conducted using library sources and descriptive-analytical method, an attempt has been made to examine the mutual relationship between police stories and society. Police stories are among the most popular literary works and it is important to study their relationship with society from the point of view of cultural studies of literature. The most important innovation and finding of this research is the explanation of the uses of police stories in society. These results emphasize the fact that writing and publishing police stories and using the audience's interest in this type of literature is a factor that can help the police in establishing public order and security. The reason is that during these stories, the audience is assured of the power of the police and detectives and criminal investigators and feels safe. Also, his awareness of the tricks and methods of crime and the ways to avoid facing and being in such situations increases over time.