A Study of the Causes of Turning to Social Deviations in the Social Structure of Developing Societies(with special focus on Iranien - Islamic Family)

According to Islamic values and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the family is the fundamental unit of Islamic society. All laws, regulations, and pertinent programs must tend to facilitate the formation of a family and to safeguard its sanctity and the stability of family relations on the basis of the law and the ethics of Islam. The process of social developments in contemporary Iran, beginning with modernization procedures, is different from what it was before. This difference manifests itself in the functions of families, social deviations, and criminal phenomena. The gradual distancing of two or three successive generations from each other creates a new situation called the generation gap. This phenomenon, accompanied by features such as reduced verbal communication, emotional detachment, disturbance in social interaction, and political anomaly—particularly concerning the younger generation—can be one of the most serious grounds for abnormality and inclination toward criminal phenomena and social deviations. Following the framework of studies in criminal sociology, i.e., the study of crime as a social and human reality, the present article seeks to indicate the effect of changing values during the process of social change in Iran. This can pave the way for the commission of crime or deviation by disturbing social security and reducing social capital and confidence. Studying the theoretical models of Parsons, Giddens, and other sociologists, the present article attempts to examine the primary sources and patterns of violence in the social structure of modern and developing societies. According to these arguments, the most important cause of social injuries leading to the inclination of the younger Iranian generation toward crimes and social deviations is the disturbance of the supervisory functions of families and the feeling of self-alienation originating from the crisis of meaning in modern societies.