The consequences of murder from the perspective  of Jordanian family heads

Al-Majali, Ahmed Abdel Salam; Al-Shamayleh, Soraya Awad

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2024.346332

The consequences of murder from the perspective of Jordanian family heads

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1Associate Professor- Department of Social Sciences- Karak University College- Balqa Applied University-The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

² 2Department of Sociology- Faculty of Social Sciences- Mutah University- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

10.21608/jsrep.2024.346332

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the consequences of murder from the perspective of Jordanian household heads. The sample social survey approach was utilized to achieve the study's purpose, and the questionnaire was used to collect data from the target study population. A sample of 960 heads of families using cluster sampling from families in Jordanian governorates with two governorates from each area of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The study relies on descriptive and analytical statistical analysis approaches to evaluate field data using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the study revealed that the social, economic, and legal consequences were significant. According to the findings, the economic factors explain 56.7% of the variance in the rise in murder rates from the perspective of Jordanian family heads. The social effects explain (14.1%) of the variance in the high rates of murder from the perspective of heads of family in Jordanian society, whereas the legal effects explain (4.1%).
The study recommends deepening the role of the family while strengthening it in society by emphasizing its role in the socialization process to raise awareness of the generation of its responsibility and role in building the society, as well as to preserve social and religious values and standards that contribute to reducing murder crimes and protecting society's security and stability.

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