مجله پژوهش های راهبردی مسائل اجتماعی ایران
پیاپی 1 (بهار 1391)

As the most important goal of experts and city officials is creating the welfare of citizens، the sense of security has been the most important issue of interest to specialists in urban planning and social sciences in the past few decades. Sense of security in people is affected by several factors; one of the most important factors is the religiosity and people’s religious beliefs; that is the important factor in increasing the person''s sense of security when facing with difficult situations and unsafe places. In this paper، the relationship between religious dimensions with variables of sense of security in the Koohdasht County has been studied. In order to examine the relationship between religious dimensions and sense of security a descriptive – analytical research method has been used and data has been collected and analyzed from library resources، also through survey methods by selecting 400 random samples in 2 cities and 10 villages in Koohdasht County. Religion has been assessed in 5 dimensions of، thought، belief، ritual، experiential and outcomes and sense of security has been assessed in 3 sections consisting of sense of public safety، satisfaction from security authorities، and the fear of urban and rural spaces. The research results indicate that there is a significant correlation between most dimensions of religion and variables of sense of security. Also، results indicate that religious dimensions have the highest correlation with fear of urban and rural spaces variable. According to research findings، the necessity of paying attention to principles and Islamic practices and the spread of religious and cultural programs in order to enhance people''s sense of security has been felt more than before.

The feeling of security is what one experiences when he/she feels protected from threats that stem from governmental and nongovernmental agents which target people’s life، property، thought and ability to participate in favorite gatherings or maintaining such gatherings. This study aims at determining the role of police and feeling of security in the city among Isfahan citizens. The theoretical framework of the study includes sociological theories and the schools related to them. The method of this study was survey as well as library research (documental method). The population included the citizens of Isfahan in 1388. The sample includes 384 cases which were selected using Cochran s clustered formula in district 3 of Isfahan. We used SPSS&Amos18 in order to analyze the data. The most important finding of the study is a meaningful relationship between the role of police and feeling of security among Isfahan citizens. But with regard to the significance of each one of the dimensions، there is a meaningful relation between police seriousness and the intellectual dimension of security، police performance and financial dimension، collective dimension of security and police capability with collective and intellectual dimension of security. The data did not reveal a meaningful relation with other dimensions. Furthermore، the model of structural equation of the study indicates the confirmation of gathered data within the theoretical framework applied.

Tourism as the most peaceful human being movement has been recognized as the most effective factor playing a role in creating understanding among nations and world peace to the extent that economists have called it an «invisible export». In this article، the extent to which tourists feel secure has been investigated by considering two key variables، namely police presence and performance، and propaganda provided about security issues. The research method includes a survey of a sample of 381 foreign tourists visiting Isfahan in the year 1389. Data collection was done by giving questionnaires and since there was no precise information available about the number of tourists entering or exiting the country at the time of the study، tourists were accidentally interviewed and given the questionnaires in tourist spots of the city. Results show that there is a positively significant statistical relationship between police presence and performance and also providing propaganda in mass media about the security issues and foreign tourists’ feeling of security.

The connection between organizational and management support، on the one hand، and organizational commitment of police officers، on the other، has received little attention within police research. Hence، the aim of this study was to determine the civilian and uniform forces of Isfahan city police forces’ organizational commitment and also to examine its relationship with organizational and managerial support. Results suggest that organizational commitment of both civilian and uniform forces is at high level but the commitment of civilians is higher than uniform forces. Moreover، Pearson Correlation Coefficient analyses revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between organizational and managerial support of both groups of forces and their organizational commitment. Implications for managers and research on organizational and management support and organizational commitment are discussed.

The present research was conducted to investigate and compare five major personality factors among law breaking and law observing drivers in Isfahan. The sample consisted of 300 drivers divided into two groups، 150 lawbreaking and 150 law observing ones who had been driving in Isfahan for at least three years. To test and evaluate the five major personality characteristics (neuroticism، extroversion، openness to experience، agreeableness and conscientiousness) short Form (NEO-FFI) Questionnaire was used. After controlling demographic variables، using MANOVA in the two lawbreaking and law observing groups the following results were obtained: based on personality traits of neuroticism (P≤0. 01)، extroversion (P≤0. 01 (and conscientiousness (P≤0. 05)، the difference between the two groups was statistically significant b ut there was no significant difference between lawbreaking and law observing drivers in terms of flexibility and openness to experience، (P> 0. 05).

Money laundering as an important financial offence can decrease government controls on economic policies، economic growth، economic development and other relevant areas. In this paper by defining two indices for money laundering، the effects of money laundering shocks on macroeconomic variables (economic growth، income inequity، and government expenditure) have been evaluated by the Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) Method during 1984-2009. Results of the VECM method show an increase in money laundering indices (the rate of crime and number of black markets) can decrease economic growth، raise income inequity and government expenditure in the Iranian economy.