Document Type : Specialized Article

Authors

• Salman Emrani ¹
• Hamed Zare Shahne ²

¹ Member of faculty of Imam Sadiq University

² Master of Criminal Law and Criminology

Abstract

With regard to crime in human societies, "crime prevention" is considered to be the most important strategy for combating crime and crime, which is of utmost importance among various preventive measures and its types, "social prevention of crime". In social prevention, the causes and factors of crime, including the causes and factors of economic, social, cultural, etc., are investigated and their purpose is to prevent the emergence of thought and criminal decision in the minds of individuals that special attention to this type of prevention Institutions and social groups such as family, school, peer group, etc. Among these institutions and social groups, Religious hey'ats have many capacities and functions that, unfortunately, have been somewhat neglected.
Religious hey'ats, as a social institution of the people, can, in the case of "correct explanation" and "adherence to certain principles," by liberating their capacities and operating their functions, have a special place in crime prevention, and vice versa; if this institution correctly It can not be explained or adhered to the principles governing it, and it can cause distortion and distortion. In this paper, social monitoring is described as one of the main functions of religious hey'ats that has an effective role in preventing crime, and has been dealt with in various aspects and how it functions in prevention. It should be noted that religious hey'ats have many functions that are addressed here only to its main function.

Keywords

• Religious hey'ats
• Crime Prevention
• Social Supervision
• Social Institutions
• Faithful Society