Analyzing Delinquency among Kurdish Adolescents

A Test of Hirschi’s Social Bonding Theory

Sebahattin Ziyanak (Author)

Analyzing Delinquency among Kurdish Adolescents

A Test of Hirschi’s Social Bonding Theory

Sebahattin Ziyanak (Author)

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Analyzing Delinquency among Kurdish Adolescents uses Hirschi’s social bonding theory to examine the mediating effect of social bonding on delinquent behavior among Kurdish teenagers, who were used as a case study to test the usefulness of this theory. In this study, participants were selected from one Gülen movement affiliated school and one public or non-Gülen affiliated school. This study sheds light on Turkish society’s chaotic conditions in southeastern Turkey, particularly with respect to Kurdish adolescents’ involvement in the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK). There is a lack of research regarding how Kurdish adolescents are involved in delinquent behavior as portrayed in popular Turkish media. Social bonding theory, developed and mainly tested in American and western European contexts, needs additional exploration of its efficiency in a nonwestern, especially Islamic, society. Thus, this book helps to better understand the factors that influence crime and delinquency in developing, culturally diverse social structures. Scholars in sociology, psychology, and criminology, as well as in the fields of political science, Middle Eastern studies, and education, will greatly benefit from this study.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Social Bonding Theory
Chapter 3: The Kurdish Worker Party (PKK)
Chapter 4: Terrorism in the Name of Religion
Chapter 5: The Gülen Movement
Chapter 6: One in the Movement and His Journey
Chapter 7: Findings
Chapter 8: Discussion
Chapter 9: Summary and Conclusions

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Published	22 Oct 2015
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	148
ISBN	9781498509275
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	1 b/w illustration; 12 tables
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Sebahattin Ziyanak

Sebahattin Ziyanak is associate professor of socio…

The Kurdish issue or the Kurdish problem has been one of the most important issues in the history of the Republic of Turkey. Hundreds of studies were done over the course of the conflict, but most studies, however, focus on the armed conflict rather than the social aspects. Dr. Ziyanak looks at the mediating effects of social bonding on delinquent behavior among Kurdish teenagers and offers explanations on how Kurdish adolescents are involved in delinquent behavior. It is a well-researched and must read book for those who study Turkey’s Kurdish problem.

Dogan Koc, Gulen Institute at the University of Houston
This book is a welcome and original contribution to the field. The research is careful and complete to a great extent, and the theoretical framework of the study is well planned and concisely addresses the issue at hand. Further future studies can make use of the deep interviews, data collection, and data analysis. Academic PhD students and researchers in sociology, criminology, political science, or religious studies will definitely be interested in this book.

Ihsan Yilmaz, Fatih University, Istanbul