A Study of Social Factors Affecting the Reoccurrence of Crime (Experimental Study of Dareh-Shahr Prison)

Crime is considered as a challenge for security and safety. The reoccurrence of crime provides a ground for more serious deliberation; wearing away the sense of security and forming criminal identity, where it becomes a problem in security and control systems. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the reoccurrence of crime in Dareh-Shahr prison. All cases in Dareh-Shahr prison were studied using existing data analysis method. Among all cases the obtained information transferred to the questionnaires, 75 were analyzed. Based on the findings of the study, among trauma variables with a correlation coefficient (-0.138) risk about high-risk behavior (0.310) had the strongest correlation with crime reoccurrence variable. Also, other variables such as the quality of relationships within the family (-0.150), family anomie (0.061), income (0.181) and age (0.237) were the crime reoccurrence is a dependent variable. Regression analysis also showed that the foresaid variables are able to explain 18% of crime occurrence dependent variable. Analysis of variance indicated a significant relationship between marital status and rate of crime reoccurrence, whereas no significant relationship reported between birth order and the rate of crime reoccurrence. Discussion and Results of the study shows that the quality of family relationship is regarded as a factor in supervising peoples’ behavior. Also, undertaking high-risk behavior can pave the way for committing criminal deeds. Therefore, focusing on the function of family and management of high-risk behavior can prevent crime and criminal identity formation.