The environmental analysis of the effective components of crime prevention (A case study of Marvdasht city in the years 1388 and 1389)

Different parts of each state and city have specific features in case of the amount and types of crimes which directly impact on its security. In confronting the crimes, the first step to be taken is to identify the characteristics of each zone and to examine the factors influencing their security. One of these factors is the geographical factor which has been less considered by experts and specialists, while geography is called the science of space and place with natural and human phenomena as its subjects. Marvdasht is one of those cities in which the geographical factor seems to have a great impact. According to statistics, crimes such as homicide and rape are a lot in the city, while in some neighboring cities they are remarkably fewer. For this reason Marvdasht has been chosen as research's geographical district.The following research in order to obtain desirable results has gathered information from a population of commanders, deputies, chiefs and the experienced personnel of different parts of the police of Marvdasht by making use of descriptive-survey method through questionnaire.The findings show that the geographical factors (human and natural) have a direct impact on Marvdasht's public security. Factors such as immigration; suburb dwelling; the presence of foreigners; living in a shabby urban texture; growth of urbanization and lack of an urbanization culture in proportion to the given society are of geographical-human factors identified as the main factors making Marvdasht a hot spot city.