شمارۀ جدید فصلنامه (تابستان 1404) منتشر شد
1- PhD Student in Social Problems of Iran, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
2- Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran ,aliverdinia@umz.ac.ir
3- Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
2- Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran ,
3- Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
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This research aims to explain violations of traffic laws using the Extended Deterrence Theory of Stafford and Warr, Akers' Social Learning Theory, and Wikström's Situational Action Theory. This study employed a survey method, using a questionaire for data collection. The statistical population consists of individuals over 18 years of age passed a driver's license in Mazandaran Province. Proportionate stratified random sampling was used for the sample size of 400 people. The descriptive findings indicate that the most common traffic violations committed by respondents in the past two years were using a mobile phone while driving, while the least frequent violations were running red lights. The results of the regression analysis reveal that the variables of criminal propensity, the Criminogeneity of setting, neutralizing definitions, and experience of punishment avoidance have a significant impact on traffic law violations. However, differential reinforcement does not significantly influence the dependent variable. Thus, based on Situational Action Theory, it can be argued that an increase in criminal propensity and the Criminogeneity of setting leads to a higher incidence of traffic law violations. Additionally, according to Extended Deterrence Theory, experience of punishment avoidance —by reducing the perceived certainty of punishment—may increase the violations. It should also be noted that, consistent with Social Learning Theory, neutralizing definitions may lead to repeated traffic violations by reducing guilty feeling, whereas differential reinforcement does not produce this outcome. This may be due to the normalization of violations and a widespread belief in the uncertainty of punishment within the studied population.
Keywords: Punishment avoidance, differential reinforcement, neutralizing definitions, the Criminogeneity of setting, criminal propensity, traffic law violations.
Type of Article: Original Research |
Subject:
Social problems
Received: 2025/05/28 | Accepted: 2025/07/3
Received: 2025/05/28 | Accepted: 2025/07/3
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