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Irmak, Fatih. Can Social Disorqanization and Social Capital Factors Help Explain
the Incidences of Property Crimes in Turkey? Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology),
December 2011, 108 pp., 5 tables, 4 figures, references, 78 titles.
Organized crime and terrorism taking place in the Turkish provinces get more
attention in the public agenda than other type of crimes. Although property crimes
receive less attention, they pose a serious threat to public order and the social welfare
of Turkish society. Academic researchers have also paid little attention to the analysis of
property crimes at the macro level in Turkey. For these reasons, this study focused on
the analysis of property crimes for three years period, 2005, 2006 and 2007 in Turkey,
using a conceptual model of social disorganization. Provincial level data from Turkish
governmental agencies were used. The findings of multivariate analyses showed that
social disorganization approach, as measured in this study, provided a partial
explanation of property crime rates in Turkey. Family disruption and urbanization had
significant effects on property crime rate, while remaining exogenous elements of social
disorganization (i.e., SES, population heterogeneity and residential mobility) did not
have any expected effects. In mediation analysis, using faith-based engagement and
political participation rates as mediators between the structural factors of social
disorganization and property crime rate provided marginal support for the theory.
Political participation rate partially mediated the relationship between property crime
rate and urbanization rate, while faith-based engagement rate did not mediate the
effects of social disorganization variables on property crime rate. These findings were
consistent with the findings of research that has been completed in other nations, and
made a unique contribution to the Turkish research on crime.
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Irmak, Fatih. Can Social Disorganization and Social Capital Factors Help Explain the Incidences of Property Crimes in Turkey?, dissertation, December 2011; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103333/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .