Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies on Societal Security in Iran

In recent years, the issue of societal security has been considered by social researchers and a large number of dissertations, articles and research projects have been conducted on it. In these studies, various variables have been studied as factors related to societal security, and the large number of studies conducted on this subject provides the basis for meta-analysis in the field of societal security.    In order to obtain a suitable combination of the researches and to gain a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of the subject, explanatory theories, its criteria, and important and effective factors in the societal security of the Iranian society so that practical solutions can be found to improve the level of societal security.    Therefore, in this study, considering the practical possibilities and time constraints, 47 cases (30 articles and 17 dissertations) of studies conducted in the field of societal security between 2001 and 2013 have been reviewed and the necessary information It was extracted using a checklist and analyzed by CMA software.    The results show that the highest number of researches has been done between 2009 and 2013 (40 cases, 85.1%), there is a great variety in researches and the theories of Buzan, Giddens, Parsons, Weaver and Durkheim have the highest frequency. In addition, among the dimensions of societal security, life security, financial security and group security have the highest frequency. Among the studied variables, addiction, indirect crime experience, social networks, socio-economic status, observance of social norms, respectively, had the highest effect size on social security.