The Relationship between Maturity and Criminal Responsibility

Subject Areas : All jurisprudential issues

Maryam  Hosseini Ahagh ¹ (دانش آموخته دکتری رشته فقه و حقوق اسلامی، واحد علوم تحقیقات، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران ، ایران)
Hossein  Mehrparvar ² (استاد گروه حقوق اسلامی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران)

Received: 2014-10-15 Accepted : 2014-10-15 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: Criminal Responsibility, maturity, rational development, Capacity, Responsibility,

Abstract :

According to the Islam law, after the age of discernment, theimplement of the corrigible and correctional imaginations becomespossible. According to famous view of Emami jurisprudences, girlsfrom 9 years old and boys from 15years old and with 6 yearsdifference enter in to criminal responsibility and they are consideredas mature persons (adolescents). In this article, this view is going tobe compared with the customary law and the origin of justice.