University of Guilan (with the participation of the Iranian Association of Penal Law) Criminal Law Research 2322-2328 16 2 2025 11 22 The Authority Of Criminal Law Based On Social Values In The Light Of Trust: A Psychological Reflection Grounded In Choice Theory. The Authority Of Criminal Law Based On Social Values In The Light Of Trust: A Psychological Reflection Grounded In Choice Theory. 163 175 8984 10.22124/jol.2025.27088.2461 FA Seyyedeh Sakineh Mousavi Fouladi Master of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran Seyyed Mohammad Javd Sadati Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Journal Article 2024 03 27 Criminalization based on social values leads to gaining the public's trust in the laws and their creators and their creators and leads to obedience to those laws. The fundamental question, however, is how does the mechanism of such criminalization influence the process of trust formation and crime control? In this regard, findings from the field of psychology can be insightful. One of the proposed theories in psychology is Choice Theory. This study, using a descriptive-analytical method, concludes that the aforementioned theory can explain the formation of behavior and the factors involved in it. By illustrating how the legislator and criminal law enter the quality world of citizens through attention to the images in this world, a relationship based on trust and compliance between the legislator and its audience can be established. This could serve as the theoretical foundation for the hypothesis that crime can be reduced through criminalization based on social values, thereby strengthening the trust of the law's audience. Criminalization based on social values leads to gaining the public's trust in the laws and their creators and their creators and leads to obedience to those laws. The fundamental question, however, is how does the mechanism of such criminalization influence the process of trust formation and crime control? In this regard, findings from the field of psychology can be insightful. One of the proposed theories in psychology is Choice Theory. This study, using a descriptive-analytical method, concludes that the aforementioned theory can explain the formation of behavior and the factors involved in it. By illustrating how the legislator and criminal law enter the quality world of citizens through attention to the images in this world, a relationship based on trust and compliance between the legislator and its audience can be established. This could serve as the theoretical foundation for the hypothesis that crime can be reduced through criminalization based on social values, thereby strengthening the trust of the law's audience. https://jol.guilan.ac.ir/article_8984_e7e691ebae84e493101b3ef8af681cf0.pdf