Objectives: Youth are a significant proportion of Iranian population and one of the main problems of them is delinquent behavior. This study investigates the relationship between the socio-economic factors and high school students' delinquency in Abadeh County. Method: Selection of variables was mostly based on the theories of social control as presented by scholars such as Gut Fredson and Travis Hirshi. The research is quantitative and uses survey method. The sample under study consists of about 500 male and female students were randomly selected. The related data was collected by self report questionnaires. By using SPSS package and inferential statistics, 16 hypotheses are tested. Findings: Using one-way analysis of variances and multiple regression techniques for explaining the data, the findings show that attachment to friends, religiosity and mass media use on the whole can explain 31 percent of variations of Juvenile delinquency in Abadeh County. Results: The findings demonstrate that as friend ties become stronger and attachment to friend's increases, severity of acts of delinquency increase also religious beliefs prevent delinquency and reinforcement of religiosity identity can decreases delinquency rates. Also, reducing the aggressive content of mass media programs decreases delinquent acts in youth.
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