Understanding the functions of utility services in Iranian criminal law

Subject Areas : فصلنامه مطالعات میان رشته ای فقه

Qasem Ali Tavassoli ¹ , Mojtaba Farahbakhsh ² , Ahmad Ramezani ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Law, Ghods City Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2022-06-17 Accepted : 2023-01-23 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: jurisprudence, alternatives to imprisonment, Utilities,

Abstract :

The promotion of the idea of ​​punishment and repression and the increasing population of the world's criminal population led to severe criticism of modern criminologists and criminologists and their efforts to promote a new perspective on criminology and criminal science, called public services. In this regard, the forthcoming research was conducted with the aim of recognizing the functions of public utility services in Iranian criminal law to determine what is the use of public utility services in Iranian criminal law? Since this research is in the category of qualitative studies, through library study and review of theoretical foundations of the subject, analysis of previous research findings and receipt of sources and opinions, the necessary information is collected, described, classified. And analyzed. Findings and results of the study showed that public services, although considered as a form of punishment, but to the point of functioning of spiritualists in order to guarantee human rights, including the protection of human dignity, the right to benefit from freedom. Rejects the right to employment, etc. and gives the offender the opportunity to compensate the social damages and benefit the government and the society, his goodwill and remorse with the aim of returning to the place and a useful peace to the society. To prove. Alternative services to imprisonment have helped reform and re-socialize convicts, and can be a viable solution for non-dangerous offenders. Therefore, legal actors should try to make the most of the benefits of these services by preparing the ground and reforming the judicial procedure.