Globalization a Necessity Confronting Criminology

Globalization has been raised as a process in various domains of living standards of Mankind and considering the extension of crime on international level, it is to be contemplated as a necessity in the criminology domain as well. Versus the practical outcome of the development of information and communication technology, such extension has also invoked some negative consequences, providing grounds for commitment of many criminal actions on the international level. The criminal law has come to pay attention to such process for quite a time, however, criminology’s contemplation of such issues as globalization came a few decades late. Therefore, for the time being, with regard to the existing development in the variables of criminological studies, the inefficiency of such studies at national levels, and the necessity for scientific independence toward state’s social and political considerations in the subject-matter and the contribution to the development of scientific activities of criminology at an international levels require that this science join the globalization,so that while carrying out research and studies on an international level, it would provide international solutions for a global community toward the issue of crime. Even though the need for transnational studies of the issue of crime is felt in Iran, very small steps have been taken towards globalization of criminology and benefiting from the achievement of such goal. In this article, we review the issue of globalization of criminology, the need for such globalization and the steps taken therefore, while taking into considering the actions of Iranian Government in the subject matter.