Study and Analysis of Social Elements affecting goods contrabanding in Iran

One of the problems of the present societies is the uneven development of economic sectors, geographical, urban and rural regions and other cultural, social and political structures of the society and accordingly failure to meet the requirements and requests of the main part of a society; and such a situation bring about different problems and issues. This study is an excerpt of a research on this issue and deals with the social elements affecting goods contrabanding in Iran. First, the theoretical section of the study makes use of some the relevant theories to compile some hypotheses; and then in the experimental section, the researcher makes a durable questionnaire with Kronbach Alfa (92/23) and collects information from sample population with the size of 100 persons. The results of the research imply the effect of uneven socio-economic development on social variables such as social dependency and negative attitude of the smugglers on the one hand and the effect of social variables (increased negative attitudes, decreased social dependency, decreased social commitment and increased value confliction) on the repetition of goods contrabanding and finally, confirmation of the main hypothesis based on the effect of uneven socio-economic development on iteration of goods conterbanding by smugglers. Actions such as just distribution of facilities and opportunities among different sectors and areas in the country, equal exercise of regulations for all, the religious leader's emphasis on illegitimacy of contrabanded goods, increased social and prestige aspects of punishments, improved ties between people and government constitute part of comments of the researcher on decreased goods contrabanding in Iran.