A Comparative Study of the Semi-liberty System with Criminal Leniently Institutions in Iran’s Criminal Law
Subject Areas :ali mashayekhian 1 , Hassanali Mouzenzadegan 2 , Jan Ahmed Aghaei Siyatil 3 , Seyyed Ali Mir Ebrahimi 4
1 - Ph.D. student of criminal law and criminology, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran
2 - Professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Bandar Anzali Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Anzali, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor of Jurisprudence and Law Department, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran
Keywords: alternatives to imprisonment, penal leniently institutions, leniently punishment, semi-liberty system, challenges of the semi-liberty system.,
Abstract :
The semi-liberty system is one of the criminal leniently institutions that the Islamic Penal Code approved in 1392 has included it in Iran's criminal law and policy. The subject of the semi-liberty system and other similar criminal leniently institutions are mentioned in the Islamic Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and their executive regulations, which according to Article 156, clause 5 of the Constitution, can be used legally to reform criminals, since criminal leniently institutions provide opportunities of social activities for convicts outside of prison. Since there are various types of leniency punishments in Iran’s criminal law and policy, such as: semi-liberty system, parole, suspension of sentence execution, suspension of prosecution, postponement of sentence and free public services, the following article, using a descriptive-analytical method attempts by comparing the semi-liberty system with other aforementioned penal leniently institutions, reveal the differences and similarities of this penal leniently institution and through the process of this comparison, examine the challenges of the semi-liberty system compared to other similar penal leniently institutions from a legislative perspective, so that, by achieving the positive aspects of other similar penal leniently institutions and analyzing them, it will strengthen, complete, and restore the semi-liberty system as one of the important penal leniently institutions.
