University of Guilan (with the participation of the Iranian Association of Penal Law) Criminal Law Research 2322-2328 16 2 2025 11 22 Hermanning's criminal tried theory and the the Spider movie Hermanning's criminal tried theory and the the Spider movie 111 124 8975 10.22124/jol.2025.29708.2567 FA Mohammad Tahan Toroqi PhD student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Seyyed Mahdi Seyyedzadeh Sani Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Abdolreza Javan Jafari Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran Hamid Reza Danesh Nari Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Journal Article 2025 01 30 Psychological approaches to crime in cinema as a manifestation of popular criminology have always been among the purest and most important approaches. movies, with their ability to depict the simultaneous functioning of several psychological factors effective in committing a crime, play an important and influential role in introducing and developing psychological approaches to crime. With a reflection on Iranian cinema in recent decades, it seems that psychological theories of crime are gaining strength in public discourse, especially cinema. The Spider, with a psychological-criminological reading of the serial murders of the famous killer named Saeed Hanaei, reflects Hermanning's criminal triad theory and thereby contributes to the development of popular criminology. This research, with the general theoretical framework of popular criminology and focusing on the film Spider from the cinematic semiotics method, shows how psychological theories of crime in Iranian cinema are emerging with new interpretations and are also compatible with existing theories in academic discourse. This research also shows that Spider presents its own criminological theory for other crimes, from robbery to prostitution, and depicts the strain theory. Psychological approaches to crime in cinema as a manifestation of popular criminology have always been among the purest and most important approaches. movies, with their ability to depict the simultaneous functioning of several psychological factors effective in committing a crime, play an important and influential role in introducing and developing psychological approaches to crime. With a reflection on Iranian cinema in recent decades, it seems that psychological theories of crime are gaining strength in public discourse, especially cinema. The Spider, with a psychological-criminological reading of the serial murders of the famous killer named Saeed Hanaei, reflects Hermanning's criminal triad theory and thereby contributes to the development of popular criminology. This research, with the general theoretical framework of popular criminology and focusing on the film Spider from the cinematic semiotics method, shows how psychological theories of crime in Iranian cinema are emerging with new interpretations and are also compatible with existing theories in academic discourse. This research also shows that Spider presents its own criminological theory for other crimes, from robbery to prostitution, and depicts the strain theory. https://jol.guilan.ac.ir/article_8975_109016a72f3b652fc10b6998221a4f8d.pdf