University of Isfahan Strategic Research on Social Problems 3041-8623 1 1 2012 05 21 The Relationship between the Role of Police and Feeling of Security in the City of Isfahan in 1388 The Relationship between the Role of Police and Feeling of Security in the City of Isfahan in 1388 21 38 17056 FA Zahra Taheri Ph.D. Student, University of Isfahan, Iran Rasoul Rabbani Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Isfahan, Iran Mehdi Adibi Sedeh Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Isfahan, Iran Journal Article 2011 11 22 The feeling of security is what  one  experiences when he/she feels protected from threats that stem from governmental and nongovernmental agents which target people’s life, property, thought and  ability to participate in favorite gatherings or maintaining such gatherings.This study aims at determining the role of police and feeling of security in the city among Isfahan citizens.The theoretical framework of the study includes sociological theories and the schools related to them. The method of this study was survey as well as library research (documental method). The population included the citizens of Isfahan in 1388. The sample includes 384 cases which were selected using Cochranُ s clustered formula   in district 3 of Isfahan. We used SPSS&Amos18 in order to analyze the data. The most important finding of the study is a meaningful relationship between the role of police and feeling of security among Isfahan citizens. But with regard to the significance of each one of the dimensions, there is a meaningful relation between police seriousness and the intellectual dimension of security, police performance and financial dimension, collective dimension of security and police capability with collective and intellectual dimension of security. The data did not reveal a meaningful relation with other dimensions.Furthermore, the model of structural equation of the study indicates the confirmation of gathered data within the theoretical framework applied. The feeling of security is what  one  experiences when he/she feels protected from threats that stem from governmental and nongovernmental agents which target people’s life, property, thought and  ability to participate in favorite gatherings or maintaining such gatherings.This study aims at determining the role of police and feeling of security in the city among Isfahan citizens.The theoretical framework of the study includes sociological theories and the schools related to them. The method of this study was survey as well as library research (documental method). The population included the citizens of Isfahan in 1388. The sample includes 384 cases which were selected using Cochranُ s clustered formula   in district 3 of Isfahan. We used SPSS&Amos18 in order to analyze the data. The most important finding of the study is a meaningful relationship between the role of police and feeling of security among Isfahan citizens. But with regard to the significance of each one of the dimensions, there is a meaningful relation between police seriousness and the intellectual dimension of security, police performance and financial dimension, collective dimension of security and police capability with collective and intellectual dimension of security. The data did not reveal a meaningful relation with other dimensions.Furthermore, the model of structural equation of the study indicates the confirmation of gathered data within the theoretical framework applied. https://ssoss.ui.ac.ir/article_17056_01d228e187c35ae93b32c7f7be06ce16.pdf