Analysis of social theories affecting the incidence of serial killings

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D. Candidate of Criminal and Criminology Law, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan

2 Assistant Professor of Law, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan

10.52547/jlr.2022.225327.2077

Abstract

Progress and development in any country is possible in the context of establishing a sense of security in the people of that society. The extent and quality of crime is one of the most important factors in reducing the sense of security and its adverse social consequences. They are mostly rare, but it is one of the most effective crimes that causes a feeling of insecurity in public opinion and has a very wide and long-lasting destructive effect on society. In recent years, our country has also witnessed serial killings from time to time, which has negatively affected the peace of society and disrupted public security. Given the statistics of the occurrence of such crimes and the growing trend of these homicides in the country, it is necessary to find the exact roots of the various reasons for committing such crimes. Unfortunately, for various reasons, including hurting emotions and public pressure to quickly punish the killer, this important issue has been neglected, so that all relevant agencies have tried to punish the serial killer, part of the pain and suffering of families. Relieve the victims and the community. Accordingly, it is necessary that various efforts be made by scientists in related sciences to investigate this phenomenon in order to analyze the unknown aspects of the causes of such crimes from a social perspective.

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  • Receive Date: 10 January 2022
  • Revise Date: 01 December 2022
  • Accept Date: 07 December 2022

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