Compilation of Iran's criminal policy model in the field of economic and financial crimes with grounded theory approach

اقتصاد پولی مالی

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 20 November 2024

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/mfe.2024.90070.1457

Authors

Mehrdad Ghani¹; Seyed Hossein Hosseini^{* 2}; Seyed Mehdi SeyedzadehSani³

¹PhD student of criminal law and criminology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

²- Associate Professor, Department of Law, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

³Assistant Professor of the Department of Law, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Background and purpose: the main examples of criminal policies in the field of economy are aimed at economic and financial crimes, and economic and financial crimes have been given a lot of attention due to their large increase in society, and in this regard, criminal policies to deal with economic and financial crimes from the degree are of great importance, on this basis, the purpose of this research is to develop a model of Iran's criminal policy in the field of economic and financial crimes.
Research method: Qualitative research method with grounded theory approach. Data collection has been done through theoretical literature, policy documents, authentic research reports, and in-depth interviews, and data analysis has been done in three stages of open, central, and selective coding. The sampling method was also purposeful and the sampling process continued until theoretical saturation and finally the research interviews reached theoretical saturation with 17 interviews.
Findings and results: The results based on three stages of coding, analysis of 17 in-depth interviews with participants and content analysis of several original research works and some rules and conventions resulted in 130 open codes, 46 core codes and 16 selective or core codes to a paradigm model of criminal policy. Iran's participation in the field of economy has reached. The main selective codes include: causal conditions (feeling the need for cooperative criminal policy, accepting the principle of divine sovereignty and reforming judicial and economic structures); Background conditions (civil society empowerment, strong government response and control and prevention); Intervening conditions (surveillance and monitoring and formulation of policies based on research and evaluation); Central phenomenon (Iran's collaborative criminal policy in the field of economy); Strategies (integrated institutional cooperation, the principle of balance and coordination, strengthening policy and legislation and community response); The consequences are (drawing the coordinates of Iran's criminal policy in the economy, implementing the ideals of the country's criminal policy and general tax compliance), which can answer the research questions in a paradigmatic model, as well as a comprehensive and complete description of the state of the country's criminal policy.

Keywords

criminal policy; civil society; cooperative criminal policy; economic and financial crimes

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