Investigation of the crime of prostitution in the Islamic Penal Code adopted in 1392 from the perspective of the principles of criminal policy discourse and criminological analysis

The crime of prostitution is manifested in the form of a kind of disruption of social order and security in order to confront the system of government and therefore can become a major problem for a country. The Islamic Penal Code in 1392, by specifying the dimensions of this crime, proceeded to criminalize it. But from the perspective of criminal policy, there are ambiguities in the theoretical and practical dimensions that need to be examined. Because, on the one hand, the jurisprudential and religious background of the crime of prostitution has not been taken into consideration, and on the other hand, the principles of correct legislation in terms of desirable policy-making have not been observed. Also, in terms of micro-oriented and rational criminological theories as well as etiological theories, it is possible to study the crime of prostitution and find its contexts. Because the criminology of prostitution is also significant from the perspective of criminological analysis and etiological studies, and it can be said that appropriate criminological theories can help to study the etiology of the subject. The present article, with the aim of analyzing and examining this crime in terms of its importance, and with the question of what are the principles of legislation in this field and what is its position in the Islamic Penal Code, has expressed the issues in a descriptive-analytical method. Is.