The Legislative Policy Governing the Response to Sexual Crimes in the Legal System of Iran and England

The response system to sexual crimes is different according to the legislative policy of each country. In the Iranian legal system, the response system can be called jurisprudential and legal. English legal systemon is based legal doctrine and judicial procedure. It seems that Iran's legal system has performed better in responding to these types of crimes, and the scope of sexual crimes is determined according to jurisprudence texts, and the conditions for proving these types of crimes and how to deal with them are also different. In English legal system, which is derived from the common law, any sexual behavior that takes place without consent is considered as a crime, and this standard is the same for all sexual crimes. The current research aims to investigate the legislative policy governing the response to sexual crimes in the legal system of Iran and England, using a descriptive and analytical method, and has reached the conclusion that the response to sexual crimes in legal system of Iran is based on jurisprudence and in the British legal system is based doctrine and judicial procedure.