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Abstract

The researches done concerning the social deviance and pathology In Iran have been concomitant with sociological analyses. Many
researchers have tried to study what they regarded as social deviance and pathology and found out their causes and effects as well. Unfortunately, these researchers, just like many other investigators in the other areas of the humanities, have not abode by any specific
methodology and mostly followed their own interests.
Hence, this present meta - analysis is an attempt to re - analyze, mostly methodologically, some of the researches done on the social
deviance in Iran and to criticize them so as to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Hopefully speaking, this study will provide a strong basis for the sociology of the sociology of Iran and an opportunity for evaluating the researches for investigators, instructors, and students too.

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