Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence

Comparative Criminal Jurisprudence

The Criminal Policy of Iran and England in Supporting Disabled Children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD Student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
3 Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
10.22034/jccj.2024.450260.1527
Abstract
Disabled child victims are in dire need of criminal protection. The vulnerability of these people is the most important necessity in this regard. Based on this, the purpose of this article is to examine the penal policy of Iran and England in supporting disabled children. This article is descriptive and analytical and it has investigated the mentioned subject by using the library method. The findings indicate that there is no differential criminal policy in the protection of laws. Protection laws are general and mainly in the protection of children in general. Iran's legislator has paid attention to the disabled in several cases and supported them. With a cursory look at Iran's laws, it seems that this is not based on a pre-planned policy. In several cases, Iran's legislator has dealt with the crime of abandoning a child, employing children for begging, sexual crimes and crimes against the physical integrity of children, which also includes disabled children, while if the legislator considered this vulnerable spectrum of victims worthy of the protection of special punishment, he would have provided a comprehensive and regulated protection to them in the light of the law. Various criminal and non-criminal laws were applied. In the field of disabled people, it seems that the laws and regulations. In such a way that basically of criminalizations does not refer to crimes of a special nature that are often committed against disabled people and they mainly lack systematization and coherence.
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Volume 6, Issue 1
Winter 2026
Pages 117-124

  • Receive Date 09 March 2024
  • Revise Date 19 May 2024
  • Accept Date 04 July 2024
  • Publish Date 21 March 2026