Process, the Constitution, and Substantive Criminal Law

Substantive criminal analysis of sexual abuse of children and adolescents

The Child and Adolescent Protection Act approved in 1399 have criminalized many sexually abusive acts against children and adolescents by using the term “sexual abuse” for the first time. Sexual abuse can be divided into two general categories: first, abuses in which the child or adolescent is the main target of perpetrator to satisfy his sexual needs, second, using child or adolescent as a mea...

Weak-Minded Responsibility in Iranian Criminal Law and Egyptian Law

In Iran's criminal law, humans are not only divided into wise or insane they are also persons who, on the one hand, do not fall under Article 149 of the Islamic Penal Code in the definition of insane persons and on the other hand, they are not wise, the rational age of these people is lower than their child's physical age that Affected by mental disorder and mental retardation. Article 91 of th...

Cultural considerations in the criminal law: the sentencing process.

In forensic psychiatry, there is increasing recognition of the importance of culture and ethnicity in the criminal justice process as the population becomes more culturally diverse. However, there has been little consideration of the role of cultural factors in the trial process for criminal defendants, particularly in the sentencing phase of trial. Using a capital murder case study, this artic...

Mentality and the Criminal Law

This book aims at presenting in a concise manner the salient points connected with the law in this country regarding the commission of crimes by mentally disordered persons, so that students and practitioners of law may obtain useful information thereon with an economy of time. A preliminary chapter discusses briefly the meaning of the words " disease " and " mind.' There follow short chapters ...

Morals and the Criminal Law