Document Type : Research Paper
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Allameh Tabatabaee University
Abstract
present study is a qualitative research that was conducted with the using grounded theory method with the aim of identifying the risk factors affecting recidivism. Researches has shown that if a person has certain risk factors, these factors will increase her or his chances of becoming a criminal. Using targeted sampling and then theoretical sampling,individuals with criminal records of more than two offenses (as sample units and observation units) were included in the research. Based on the analyses conducted in open and axial coding, the total causal conditions of crime repetition include 7 major categories and 17 subcategories, including: 1 -harmful compensation of lacks 2-unmet basic needs 3-individual-social disclusion 4- self-imprisonment 5-ineffective justice system 6-problematic redefinition of self-concept 7-criminal subcultural capital. Finally, we reached the core category of the sustainability of deprivation. which has multiple dimensions .individuals who engage in repeat offending, do so due to the continuity of a set of deprivations and that deprivation is not only caused by the individual actions of activists or due to the structure of society, but both of them have been effective in causing deprivation.
Keywords: recidivism - risk factor - protective factor
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