The challenges of the Iranian police in the Search and Seizure of data and the System in the Prevention and Detection of crime

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1 Associate Professor of Police Command and Management Department. Dafoos College. Amin Comprehensive University of Police Sciences

2 Assistant Professor of Law Department. Faculty of Police Sciences and Techniques. Imam Hasan Mojtaba University of Officers and Police Training

Abstract

The use of data and computer systems as the subject and means of committing a crime is one of the manifestations of the negative link between these technologies and criminal law. The purpose of this research is to identify the challenges of the Iranian police in the search and seizure of data and the system in the prevention and detection of crime. The current research is applied in terms of its purpose, and descriptive-analytical in terms of its type and in the category of qualitative research. By using library resources and interviews with university experts, data has been collected and analyzed by qualitative content analysis method. The findings indicate that the police faces challenges in the search and seizure of data and the system with two types of challenges including: The The challenges are in the field of protecting the privacy of individuals and in the field of legislative limitations and loopholes. Therefore, the elimination of legislative gaps in the field of privacy and police powers and their access to databases for the prevention and detection of crime are effective in solving the challenges of the police in inspecting and confiscating data and systems in Iran.

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Criminal Law Research
Volume 15, Issue 1 - Serial Number 29
Papers
July 2024
Pages 85-98

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