The Criminological Consequences of Targeted Subsidies

Crime as a social and human phenomenon is affected by all dimensions of human life. The economic policies of the government that also have an impact on the lives of different groups of people will have direct and indirect effects on the general model of offense. These policies on the one hand have reduced some of the criminogenic crimes and on the other hand prepare the way for new crimes and a new range of offenders and crime victims. Targeted subsidies Act, as well as the most important social policy after the Islamic Revolution, although according to the governments, are seeking social justice and social welfare of the people, however, there are such laws that because of micro and macro-economic developments have followed, have faced criminologists to unknown horizons. Eliminating energy and staples subsidies and liberalizing and commodity prices and cash subsidies, while creating economic challenges such as inflation, unemployment, are facing a large group of people to challenge of living, and consequently, has add fuel to some crimes and in particular economy crime like robbery and hoarding. So according to deep causality between crime and economic conditions, it is essential to use deliberate measures to reduce the consequences of Act causing offense and preventing the delinquencies causing them, resorting to social prevention measures. This article examines the role of economic conditions as a negative effect of cash subsidies, in order to explain causing offense measures of Targeted subsidies Act