Sociological Explanation of the Causes of Theft in Golestan Province

The purpose of this study is to explain the sociological causes of theft in Golestan province. The general framework of research has been systematically formed by using various theories of theft and schools. The statistical population of the study is the prisoners of Golestan province, which is about 5000 cases. According to Morgan table, the statistical sample is estimated 384 one. Systematic random sampling was used for sampling method. The required information and data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire. SPSS 22 and Kolmogorov-Smirnov and regression tests were used for data analysis. The results show that all social and economic factors, such as: income, poverty, family, history of imprisonment, group of friends, addiction, place of residence, employment, level of education, the amount of previous punishment that was examined in this study on committing the crime of robbery or the occurrence of robbery in Golestan province had a significant effect.