The Pathology of Desired (Eligible) Legal Support for Elderly Victims in the Iranian Penal System (with a Look at International Documents and American Law)

Today, due to extensive studies on the victim as another actor in the criminal phenomenon, and also with the advent of the science of victimology, the victim is no longer considered as a secret element of crime and his real position and rights are not kept in the margins; Hence, we are witnessing a different approach to the victims of crime, especially the elderly victims of the past. These studies also cover a wide and diverse range, which includes: The victimchr('39')s own influence in the process of realizing the crime to address the issue of what support he or she needs after being victimized.

The authors, due to the lack of comprehensive and obstructive research on the protection of elderly victims, and in particular its comparative study with the United States, which has been innovative, In the present article, using a descriptive-analytical method, the desired legal protection of elderly victims in the Iranian penal system is explained and evaluated by looking at international documents and American law.

Therefore, the findings of the forthcoming research on the protection of elderly victims are a new perspective in the law of most countries that has opened the impact of moral and ideological motives on victimology to victims. Therefore, since the social vulnerability of the elderly is higher than criminal phenomena, it is necessary that the level of legislative, judicial and executive support for the elderly victims of violence be wider.
Ethical Considerations: In order to organize this research, while observing the authenticity of the texts, honesty and fidelity have been observed.

In the present study, it will be observed that the diversity of layers and dimensions of criminal policy, in relation to support victimology, makes it possible to lead to a multidimensional support structure Which is based on legislative criminal policy. On the other hand, in order to protect the rights of victims in the international arena, the need for more documents in this regard is felt.