criticism of existing approaches in the realm of islamic criminal policy with an emphasis upon necessitations of developing theorization of indigenous religious science

theorization in the realm of criminal policy is badlyneeded by the country. lack of coherent, indigenouspattern of managing activities dealing with offence anddeviation causes lack of harmony of governmentalinstitutions invested with administrative affairs, and thiswill lead to nothing but drop of standards of criminaljustice in iran. although approaching criminal justice iniran is primarily and essentially influenced by islamicteachings, the expression “islamic criminal policy”isfacing several challenges in juristic-legal literature of ourcountry: problems which must be detected and solved,otherwiseone cannot claim preparation for moving in theway of planning “islamic-iranian theory of criminalpolicy.” study of researches in the realm of islamiccriminal policy indicates existence of some prevailingdiscourses in this connection; as some epistemologicaldiscourses – and not specifically in the realm of criminalpolicy - can also be detected which indirectly influenceessentials, structure, manifestations, and evolution ofislamic criminal policy.using the method of discourse analysis and reviewingperspectives in the realm of islamic criminal policy in theresearch literature of the country as well as recent legalevolutions, the present essay explains detriments ofexisting perspectives in the juristic-legal literature in thecategory of islamic criminal policy – with an emphasis  upon philosophy of jurisprudence – and describes whatrelation can be established between policies governingcriminal jurisprudence and islamic criminal policy. theultimate goal of this essay is to draw generalcharacteristics of a reading of islamic criminal policywhich, in turn, is a part of a wider theory named “theislamic-iranian pattern of criminal policy.”