Sajad Mozafarizade; Jafar Koosha; Mohamad Hossein Hajarian
Abstract
Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the possible roots of the occurrence of behaviors contrary to the law of children and adolescents, which could be cinematic works. Methodology: The research method in the research was "descriptive-analytical" which through library studies and ...
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Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the possible roots of the occurrence of behaviors contrary to the law of children and adolescents, which could be cinematic works. Methodology: The research method in the research was "descriptive-analytical" which through library studies and by reviewing the relevant texts and the content of the collected materials to describe and explain the main subject; The statistical population and sample size in the present study were three groups of individuals; The first group consists of 100 specialists in various fields of humanities, including psychologists, judges of criminal courts, lawyers, judicial officers, sociologists, etc; The second group consisted of 50 male clients residing in the correctional center; The third group consists of 50 children and adolescents working outside the correctional center as a normal sample (without a history of attending the correctional center). The sampling method was randomly and with simple random sampling method so that all members of the statistical community had equal chances. The instrument used in the present study was a researcher-made questionnaire. Supplementary questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS software and the degree of correlation between juvenile delinquency with some variables was shown using Pearson Correlation Coefficient. Result: The results of the study showed that children and adolescents imitate cinematic works and through observational learning, that is, learning by observing the behavior of other people and observing the consequences of that behavior, engage in behaviors that are against the law. There was also a significant relationship between watching movies and anti-law behaviors. Conclusion: According to the research findings, criminal genres have the greatest impact on children and adolescents in the occurrence of criminal behaviors against persons and property.
