Victimology Surveys : A Necessity for the Iranian Criminal Policymakers

Nowadays, one of the most important mechanisms for achieving victimization rate is to use of victimization surveys or victimology which are used as an appropriate strategy nationally and internationally. These surveys aims primarily to find out the type, nature, frequency of crimes, characteristics of victims and the relationship between the victims (The victimized) and victimizer particularly, to discover the reasons for not reporting victimization to the police and judicial authorities. Then according to the received information, the necessary strategies will be provided to facilitate the process of victimization reporting, prevent re-victimization and support the victims. The article analyzes the necessity of victimization surveys or victimology in the Islamic Republic of Iran based on legal documents through using analytical-descriptive method. Results show that although there is a great legal capacity (such as both upstream and ordinary documents) for victimization surveys or victimology in our country, it has not been done in a purposeful and methodical way. Hence, conducting these surveys will be faced obstacles and limitations firstly, the existence of positive social and individual effects make it necessary inevitably.