چکیده:
Crime reporting is one of the tools that have been used in the light of the implementation of cooperative criminal policy and have significant effects in terms of crime prevention, improving the transparency of the criminal justice system, compensating the gaps in the process of prosecuting crimes, improving criminal statistics, reducing the costs of the criminal justice institution, and preventing impunity. In Iran, due to the position of jurisprudence and the application of laws and regulations to it, the relation of this institution to the foundations of jurisprudence has a special position. In this research, the arguments and bases of both groups for and against crime reporting are pointed out, but the findings of this research show that based on many jurisprudential rules and rulings and by observing some rules in the field of crimes such as crimes against chastity, this mechanism can be used to control crime in Islamic society. It should be mentioned that this use should be in such a way that the reputation of Muslim people is fully preserved and their dignity is not damaged, and on the other hand harms such as backbiting, gossiping and spying do not spread in the society.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In this research, the arguments and foundations of both the proponents and opponents of crime reporting are mentioned; however, the findings of this research indicate that based on many jurisprudential rules and rulings, and by observing certain regulations in the field of crimes such as crimes against chastity, this mechanism can be utilized for crime control in Islamic society.
Crime reporting; Enjoining good and forbidding evil; Voluntary testimony; Criminal justice; Crime prevention * Graduate of Master's in Islamic Studies and Law, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Law, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author).
Certainly, silence in the face of anti-social and criminal behaviors is itself a type of assistance in sin; because if the requisites exist and the obstacles are absent, inevitably every phenomenon occurs, and the commission of a criminal phenomenon is not an exception to this rule; however, in the method of assistance to confront injustice, one must act according to the conditions of time and place and accept the reasonable and logical excuses of individuals in refusing to report a crime.
The late Sahib al-Jawahir (may Allah have mercy on him) has stated that volunteering in testimony before the request of the ruler or someone who is a beneficiary in providing testimony, regarding human rights or, technically, in crimes that have the aspect of 'haqq al-nas' (rights of people), is not acceptable, and he believes that in this matter, there is no disagreement (Al-Najafi, 1981, Vol. 22, p.
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