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A new approach to children's education quarterly

Child pornography from the criminological perspective of prevention in Iran's criminal law with a look at psychological training for children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran
Abstract
Background and Aim: childhood is one of the sensitive periods in the life of every person; Any mental and physical damage to a child can have an adverse effect on his future. The widespread negative effects of Internet pornography in terms of psychology and legal as a growing problem in today's world, have created many questions about the factors influencing its tendency. In this research, the laws of Iran that have been approved in this field have been reviewed, and their loopholes have been stated, with the hope that in the near future, the legislator will pay more attention to this sensitive segment of the society and put them under his protective umbrella. to give Relying on Iran's criminal justice system, it examines the legal and criminological aspects of computer pornography. The purpose of the current research was child pornography from the criminological perspective of prevention in Iranian criminal law with a view to psychological training for children.

Method: The current research method was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and analytical in terms of method. The method of collecting information was using library resources such as books, articles, laws, theses, etc.

Results: Pornography in the general sense means content containing explicit sexual scenes that are mainly presented with the intention of sexual stimulation; It is a phenomenon that has been criminalized in the laws of many countries due to its numerous destructive consequences on public and individual chastity and morality as well as the family center. In Iran's legal system, before the approval of the law on computer crimes in 2008, we were facing a legal gap in the field of computer crimes, until after the approval of this law, the mentioned objections were raised and in articles 14, 15, 16 of the said law, the law The transition has criminalized pornography on the virtual network; Although most countries have considered pornography as a crime only in the context of children, some countries with a different attitude have considered adult pornography as a crime as well. Our legislators also agree with the aforementioned approach and It has absolutely criminalized writing.
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Volume 6, Issue 4 - Serial Number 22
Winter 2025
Pages 113-125

  • Receive Date 13 July 2024
  • Revise Date 20 August 2024
  • Accept Date 21 August 2024
  • First Publish Date 08 September 2024
  • Publish Date 19 February 2025