Comparative Law Researches

Comparative Law Researches

Evaluating the Process of Classifying Prisoners in the Iranian Criminal Justice System with a Comparative Approach

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
Azadeh Sadeghi 1
Mahdi Gholampour 2
1 Assistant professor of criminal law & Criminology, Faculty of law and political science, Mazandaran UniversityBabolsar, Iran.
2 Ph.D. of criminal law & Criminology, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Criminologists have always believed that the classification of prisoners can improve the effectiveness of the prison, if it is based on the rehabilitation theory. By implenting this process, prison security can be secured and prisoners will have access to treatment programs. For these reasons, criminal justice authorities have also focused on evaluating and strengthening the classification system. Given the importance of the issue, the present study aims to study the process of classification of prisoners in the Iranian criminal justice system with a comparative approach. To do this, two research methods of document analysis and in-depth interviews (with prisoners and prison staff) have been used. The findings indicate that despite the changes done by new regulation in 1400, there is considerable discretion in distributing prisoners, and even practices determine the re-classification of prisoners. In addition, prison population inflation has affected the classification of criminals and even changed the function of open and semi-open prisons.
Keywords
Classification of Prisoners
Closed Prison
Open and Semi-Open Prison
Objective Classification
Prison Population Inflation

Subjects

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