Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Navid Deilami Moezzi, Ph.D. student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Department of Law, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Amol, Iran.
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Mahdi Esmaeli (correspondling author), Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran.
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Hasan Hajitabar Firouzjaei, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Qaemshahr, Iran.
Abstract
NGOs can help governments achieve development goals by attracting public participation and create activity opportunities for different individuals to utilize their capacities to prevent and tackle computer crimes. This study aimed to identify the existing contexts and challenges and propose solutions to reinforce the Iranian participatory criminal policy on computer crimes using the EU procedure. This study is applied research in terms of objectives and uses a descriptive-analytical approach. The findings of this research indicate that reciprocal interaction and participation between governments and NGOs can play an essential role in reinforcing security through prevention and awareness-raising, provided that individuals or groups understand the social need to deal with computer crimes for establishing specialized NGOs in this area. Moreover, developing comprehensive regulations regarding the systematization of these organizations and their computer crime-related activities is necessary. The Iranian civil society, relying on its religious teachings and rich participatory culture, has a reasonable potential for crime prevention, which, thus far, has not been optimally fulfilled. The following actions can contribute to the preventative and confrontational efforts against computer crimes and help achieve the desired goals of a participatory criminal policy: modeling the specialized NGOs in the EU and their cooperation with the EU, utilizing the existing experiences, offering public education, and establishing transparent legal regulations for the active participation of Iranian NGOs, as well as trustbuilding activities.
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