Investigating cryptocurrencies in increasing crime statistics based on the findings of criminology and their differential criminal policy and explaining its geopolitical dimensions

Bahadoran, Sara; Rahmat, Mohammad Reza; Mazidi Sharafabadi, Ali

doi:10.22034/jgeoq.2023.321963.3497

Investigating cryptocurrencies in increasing crime statistics based on the findings of criminology and their differential criminal policy and explaining its geopolitical dimensions

Authors

Sara Bahadoran ¹

Mohammad Reza Rahmat ²

Ali Mazidi Sharafabadi ³

¹ phD student in criminal law and criminology yazd branch, Islamic azad university, yazd, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Meybod University, Meybod, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran.

10.22034/jgeoq.2023.321963.3497

Abstract

The science of law as one of the main sciences governing social relations, which, in addition to legislation and regulation of social relations, is also a supervisory pillar of the application of law in society, in order to prevent chaos and disorder in the social relations of individuals, it is necessary to react to emerging social phenomena. to show One of the new phenomena in the field of international economic order is the emergence of cryptocurrencies, which has overshadowed legal and economic affairs in Iran. Cryptocurrencies have raised new issues in the field of law and economics since their popularity in the country due to their different nature from common and traditional money. During this research, while examining the criminological causes, we will discuss how cryptocurrencies will increase the number of crimes committed directly and indirectly, and whether it is necessary for governments to adopt a differential criminal policy in dealing with these crimes. Based on library sources, this article tries to describe and analyze the challenges of the unregulated spread of cryptocurrencies, and the achievement of the article is the awareness of the statesmen to adopt a criminal policy; that, while identifying and introducing illegal acts in the field of cryptocurrencies, succeed in formulating a comprehensive and preventive law.

Keywords

Money

cryptocurrency

criminology

criminal policy