Identify and Prioritize the Complications of Using Weapons by Using Content Analysis Method and Hierarchical Approach of Best-Worst

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Master's student in Entrepreneurship Management, Ahvaz Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran, fardin.perim.beigi6610@gmail.com

3 Ph.D student in management entrepreneurship, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan Branch, Dehaghan, Iran

10.22055/qjsd.2024.41226.2696

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the Complications of using weapons by using content analysis method and hierarchical approach of best - worst in Khuzestan province. The present study is mixed in terms of applied-exploratory purpose and in terms of the nature of the research type. This study is also descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population of this study was a group of professors with expertise in the field of research at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Samples were selected using purposive sampling method. In the qualitative part to collect data from the semi-structured interview method and in the quantitative part; A researcher-made questionnaire was used. Qualitative phase data of the research were analyzed using content analysis method and quantitative data were analyzed using best-worst method. SPSS and Lingo software were used for data analysis. The findings of the study included identifying and investigating seven main complications for the use of weapons. The findings also showed that in terms of relative importance, the social effects of the use of weapons have the highest relative importance (weighing 0.21) and environmental effects have the least relative importance (weighing 0.085).

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

Abed, R & Elham, G. H. (2016). “Formation of the right to own weapons and its effect on criminal law”, Criminal Law Research, second year, seventh issue, summer 2013, pp. 73-102. (Persian).
Allison, M. (2012). All Weapons of Mass Destruction Are Not eyual, (MTI Secuvity Studies Program, july).
Ayati Mehr, M & Beigi, F. (2019). Research Methodology in Management, Ghahveh Publishing, first edition, Ahvaz, Iran. (Persian).
Ayati Mehr, M & Beigi, F. (2018). Statistical analysis in business, Trava Publishing, first edition, Ahvaz, Iran. (Persian).
Buzan, B. & Weaver, O. (2018). Libralism and security: the contradictions of the liberal leviathan. Copenhagen peac research instate (COPRI) working papers. Retrieved from: https://b2n.ir/ 891892.
Briggs, J. T., & Tabarrok, A. (2014). “Firearms and suicides in US states”, International review of law and economics, 37, 180-188.‏
Joseph, M. P. (2019). The psychology of guns: risk, fear, and motivated reasoning, Palgrave Communications|(2019) 5:159, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0373-z.
Craven, J. (2017). Why black people own guns. Huffington Post. https://www. huffpost.com/ entry/ black-gun ownership_n_ 5a33fc38e4b040881bea2f37. Accessed 19 Nov 2019.
Daneshvar, M. & Khaghani, M. (2018). “The legal role of urban management institutions and organizations in providing security and crime prevention (case study: Karaj city)”, Vol. 7, No. 22, pp. 108-79. (Persian).
Doagaoyan, D, Habibzadeh, A. & Adarvish, A. (2016). “Investigating the policing and social consequences of clan shootings in Andimshek city, Khuzestan Police Science Quarterly, 6th year, number 21, winter 2016. (Persian).
Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. Chicago: Aldine Publishing.
Golan Carmi, J. D. (2019). Adoption of Mobile Banking, International Conference ICT, Society, and Human Beings 2019.
Griffin, R., Richardson, J. B., Kerby, J. D., & McGwin, G. (2018). “A decompositional analysis of firearm-related mortality in the United States”, 2001–2012. Preventive medicine, 106, 194-199.‏
Hosseini, R.; Shambiati, H. & Salimi, S. (2017). “The causes, consequences and combating or smuggling of conventional weapons and the approach of international documents”, Detective Scientific Quarterly, Year 11, No. 42, Spring 1997. (Persian).
Rezaei, J. (2016). “Best-worst multi-criteria decision-making method: Some properties and a linear model,” Omega, vol. 64, pp. 126–130, 2016. (Persian).
Rezaei, J.; & Mohammadi, M. (2019). Bayesian Best-Worst Method: A Probabilistic Group Decision Making Model, Omega: 1-12. (Persian).
Khastar, H. (2009). “Presenting a method for calculating the reliability of the coding stage in research interviews”, Scientific-Research Quarterly of Human Sciences Methodology, Q 15, No 58, Spring 88: 174-161. (Persian).
Kleck, G., & Patterson, E. B. (1993). “The impact of gun control and gun ownership levels on violence rates”, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 249-287.‏
Lerner, J. S., Li, Y., Valdesolo, P., & Kassam, K. S. (2015). Emotion and decision making, Annual review of psychology, 66, 799-823.‏
Maudati, A, Safari Kakrodi, A & Biranvand, M. (2017). Basics of justifying the use of non-lethal weapons in the prosecution of the accused, Quarterly Journal of Social Police Research, 10 th year, 3rd issue, autumn 2017. (Persian).
McPhedran, S. (2016). “A systematic review of quantitative evidence about the impacts of Australian legislative reform on firearm homicide”, Aggression and violent behavior, 28, 64-72.‏
Rahimi, P. (2016). “Consequences of carrying cold weapons by car drivers in Sanandaj city, 2016-2017”, Kurdistan Police Science Quarterly, 9th year, No. 1 (series 33), Spring 2016. (Persian).
Reiner, R. (2017). “Is Police culture cultural?”, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 11(3), 236-241.
Sarmad, Z.; Bazargan, A. & Hijazi, E. (2017). Research methods in behavioral sciences, Age Publishing House, Tehran, Iran. (Persian).
Sawaqib, J.; Nemati, M. A. & Derakund, K. (2016). The effect of disarmament of Lorestan nomads on their settlement in the era of Reza Shah (1302 to 1312 A.H.), scientific-promotional quarterly of policing history studies, 4th year, 15th issue, winter 2016. (Persian).
Taleb, M.; Najafi Asal, Z. & Ahmadi Vandi, Z. (2016). “Qualitative study of socio-cultural factors affecting collective conflicts (case study: Izeh city)”, Social Development Quarterly (formerly Human Development). 11(4), pp. 27-51. (Persian).
Wolfson, J. A., Teret, S. P., Azrael, D., & Miller, M. (2017). “US public opinion on carrying firearms in public places”, American journal of public health, 107(6), 929-937.‏
Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)
Volume 18, Issue 3 - Serial Number 71
Vol. 18, No. 3, Spring 2024
June 2024
Pages 167-194

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics