Sociological Cultural Studies

Sociological Cultural Studies

The Roles of Family, School, and Peer Group in Students Delinquency; a Study

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The main purpose of this research was to study the role of family, school and in delinquency of students in Mashhad city. Hirschi's social bonding theory, Akers’ social learning theory and labeling theory build the theoretical framework of the study. Through this framework, hypotheses and research questions were formulated. The sample size consisted of 400 high schools students in District 5 of Mashhad city, in the academic year 1391-1392, which are selected using a multi-stage stratified random sampling proportional to size. The most important variable which significantly can explain and predict the changes for the destruction of property, state offences, theft, and substance abuse, is the variable of belief. Also the differential association has more power to predict violence than other variables
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Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Autumn 2014
Pages 79-103

  • Receive Date 01 August 2013
  • Revise Date 26 September 2013
  • Accept Date 05 December 2013
  • Publish Date 21 March 2014