Public sector awareness of people’s attitudes toward punishment for various crimes can help to increase the compatibility of laws with public opinion. Whereas this issue has attracted significant attention in a number of countries, little research has been conducted on it in Iran.This article examines the attitudes of a sample of 320 students, toward punishments for various crimes. Findings indicate the existence of a significant gap between verdicts suggested by students for a number of crimes and those given by the Iranian Penal Code. Specifically, students’ suggested verdicts are less severe and non-corporal in nature. Further analysis of the data also reveals that the gap is influenced by socio-demographic variables such as religiosity, level of development, level of urbanization, years of university education, perceived seriousness of crime, age and gender. Religiosity and perceived seriousness of crime have a positive relation with the above gap.
Jafari, A. & Serajzadeh, S. H. (2012). Crime and Punishment: Comparing Verdicts Suggested by a Sample of University Students for Certain Crimes with the Iranian Penal Code. (e24164). Journal of Social Problems of Iran, 2(1), e24164
MLA
Jafari, A., & Serajzadeh, S. H. "Crime and Punishment: Comparing Verdicts Suggested by a Sample of University Students for Certain Crimes with the Iranian Penal Code" .e24164 , Journal of Social Problems of Iran, 2, 1, 2012, e24164.
HARVARD
Jafari, A., & Serajzadeh, S. H. (2012). 'Crime and Punishment: Comparing Verdicts Suggested by a Sample of University Students for Certain Crimes with the Iranian Penal Code', Journal of Social Problems of Iran, 2(1), e24164.
CHICAGO
Jafari, A. & Serajzadeh, S. H., "Crime and Punishment: Comparing Verdicts Suggested by a Sample of University Students for Certain Crimes with the Iranian Penal Code." Journal of Social Problems of Iran, 2 1 (2012): e24164,
VANCOUVER
Jafari A., Serajzadeh S. H. Crime and Punishment: Comparing Verdicts Suggested by a Sample of University Students for Certain Crimes with the Iranian Penal Code. Journal of Social Problems of Iran. 2012;2(1):e24164 (In Persian).
