فصلنامه مطالعات پیشگیری از جرم
پیاپی 7 (تابستان 1387)

Police force plays a primary role in prevention of crime in several countries. At present, fulfillment of such duty in regards to the status of current societies and the complex aspects of crime commitment requires the cooperation between social and official institutions.The effort of Police to convince or urge social institutions and establishments such as landlords, parents, local authorities, operators and owners of business and professions, is deemed as another aspect of fulfillment of the duty of crime prevention.The displays of such interaction and cooperation between police and social institutions start by police's counseling with members of society and carries on to the level of urging these societies to move forward with the objectives of crime prevention.Organization of neighborhood patrolling force, utilization of surrounding planners as well as rural and urban councils are considered as the quintessential of such interaction between police and social institution in most countries.In this Article, as the interaction of police force with social institutions are explained, I try to review the objectives and challenges of such interaction by highlighting some of its displays such as third party patrolling that exists in some countries.

The principle of equality requires the law enforcers to enforce it without any discrimination and exertion of influence. The discrimination in all its forms is condemned. Iranian Constitution in its article 19 has explicitly referred to it and its sanctions have been provided in statutes, including article 605 of the Islamic Penal Code refers to phrases "purposely and against the right". These phrases include all forms of discrimination could be corruption (including Bribery). So, it could be said that there could be a relationship between corruption and exertion of influence, but it should be noted that the only reason of exertion of influence is not corruption and also any corruption does not necessarily lead to exertion of influence.

Imprisonment introduced as the civilized society penalty in18th and 19th centuries, now has found an increasing usage in most criminal justice systems. This article has discussed the ineffectiveness of imprisonment and has introduced factors such as overcrowding in prison, prisonization, criminal labeling as the fact to cause pessimism to this sanction and form a new generation of penalties as community sanctions. The approach to the sanctions performed in society requires to provide operation themes, propaganda, investment and …. Therefore imprisonment can not be totally omitted from the list of sanctions and must remain as the last resort in criminal justice system.