The position of the media in crime prevention in Iran's criminal policy

Since human societies have always sought to establish an ideal and social life far from tension and based on peace and avoiding damage and loss, they are always seeking to adopt measures and solutions. which is effective in achieving this goal, therefore, in every country, the prevention of crime is considered to be the focus of prudent criminal policy, and to achieve this goal, there are various tools and facilities in all types of adopted policies, including legislative criminal policy, It is used judicially and executively, and the most important and basic strategy adopted to achieve prevention, organizing and controlling the influence of various media groups, which today has found an important role in the development of global and national communications.

The present research was carried out using a descriptive and analytical method.

The key characteristic and feature of criminal policy in crimes affected by the media is the adoption of effective legislative, judicial and executive policies in order to prevent the occurrence of crime in such a way that the media as a tool that has a direct and fundamental effect on behavior People should not only be a factor in the occurrence of crime, but also a tool to prevent crime. Using the capacities of civil society and people's participation and adopting public education through the media in order to prevent crime is the most important indicator of participatory criminal policy.