A sociological analysis of the effectiveness of imprisonment and its alternative social punishments

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

Mehdi Shabanzadeh ¹ , Seyed Hossein Hashemi ^{2 *} , Seyed Mahmoud Mirkhalili ³ , Shahrdad Darabi ⁴

1 - PhD student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Law, Shahid Mofid University of Qom
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Tehran, Berdis Farabi, Qom
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch

Received: 2020-04-28 Accepted : 2020-08-12 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: Social, punishment, imprisonment, alternative punishments,

Abstract :

The combination of social punishments is a new concept that includes measures determined by the penal systems through the approval of the legislature and implemented with the participation of the community with the motivation of rehabilitation and the participation of more democratic institutions under the supervision of the ruling power. The concept of these punishments is closely related to the term alternatives to imprisonment as the most common, pervasive and dominant type of punishment, because the main origin of social punishments is due to measures taken by criminologists and criminologists to detain and escape the destructive and inevitable consequences of imprisonment. A review of the strengths and weaknesses of each of these types of punishments shows that each has a function commensurate with the specific crime and circumstances, but in the end, the present study concluded that, given that alternative social punishments continue in Iran, gaining a favorable position And due to its social functions, it needs more attention from the judicial system. At the same time, bedding in various dimensions, especially in socio-cultural dimensions, is highly necessary.