The consequences of security-oriented policy on the violation of citizens' rights in Iran's legal system

The discourse of "security" has been proposed as a new approach to criminal law and criminal policy. This approach is especially evident in the police organization - as a clear manifestation of top-down governance and in the form of the first level of power interaction with the people. Keeping in mind that the limits of government and political systems' involvement in the field of security are not always the same everywhere, the main issue in this research was that the fear of crime and victimization is completely natural, and if it causes Citizens to take appropriate measures to avoid being victimized, it has an important protective function, but when this feeling takes on an extreme and unreasonable aspect that causes and strengthens such a feeling, one can witness many harmful personal and social effects of The passivity and social isolation of the citizens and the reduction of public trust in the government and the institutions of exercising public power were among them, and probably retaliation by the frightened citizens in the form of delinquency, abnormality, and disobedience. In particular, three factors have played a role in the formation of the security-oriented criminal policy: 1- terrorism and gangsterism (group crimes), 2- the performance of the media in publishing criminal news, and 3- increasing the crime rate. The method of the present research is the analysis of security-oriented policy on the fear of citizens being victimized. The authors of security-oriented criminal policy are divided into two categories: active (security-oriented before the crime) and reactive (security-oriented after the crime). As a result, the quality of life of citizens and their level of mental and psychological security can also be a function of police policies and actions. The present research, while examining the concept and components of security orientation in criminal policy, especially in police actions and measures, investigates its effect. It has examined the citizens' fear of being victimized and its relationship with the category of citizenship rights.