Relationship between Religiosity and Tendency towards Crime (Case Study: Youth of DareShahr City)

The study is to examine the relationship between religiosity and tendency towards the crime among the youth in DarehShahr, Ilam, Iran. The research method is survey. The Statistical population of the study includes young people aged 18-29 in DarehShahr city. Using Cochran formula, a sample of 376 people have been considered. In this study, multistage cluster sampling method was used and the data gathering tool was a questionnaire. After collecting questionnaires, the data were analyzed using SPSS software and Pearson correlation coefficient test. Findings of the research suggest that there is a reverse and significant relationship between the four dimensions of religiosity and tendency toward crime among young people and there is a reverse and significant relationship between religiousness and tendency towards the youth. Also, the findings show that 56% of variance of dependent variable based on independent variables. Finally, we conclude that in order to reduce the tendency towards the crime of youth, there needs to be an extra effort to promote their religion, especially in the field of rituals.