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Legal Research Quarterly

Content Analysis of the Criminality and Victimization of Afghan Immigrants in the Novel "Afghan Keshi" Based on Criminological Doctrines

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
ali molabeigi 1
Seyyed Hesameddin Seyyed Esfahani 2
1 PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran Corresponding Author Email: ali_molabeigi@atu.ac.ir
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Moncton, Moncton, Canada
10.48308/jlr.2024.230751.2458
Abstract
Migration is a complex and multiple phenomenon that causes various and even contradictory reflections among immigrants. These reflections are best reflected in art and literature. Immigrant identity as a subculture is sometimes perverted or delinquent, which grows on the margins of the two main dominant cultures, the culture of origin and the culture of destination. The novel "Afghani Keshi" is an attempt to understand the life, suffering and love of second and third generation Afghans who have seen nowhere but Iran. Those who consider this as their homeland while being deprived of even the slightest citizenship rights. A review of this novel based on the content analysis method shows that the main character of the story is a young Afghan girl who is at risk of victimization and delinquency. In order to be able to have a position in Iranian society, she hides her true identity, but nevertheless faces many difficulties and problems. Such content makes it possible to study this novel based on the findings of criminology, especially the theories of cultural conflict, zemiology, and daily activities, in order to find out why immigrant people commit crimes and are victimized
Keywords
Immigration Literature
Afghani Keshi Novel
Crime and Victimization
Theoretical Criminology
Zemiology
Subjects

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  • Receive Date 18 February 2023
  • Revise Date 17 December 2023
  • Accept Date 03 March 2024