Document Type : Original Article
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PH. D. student of Law, Islamic Criminology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
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Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Forensic Medicine Research Center, National Forensic Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/scart.2024.140473.1440
Abstract
Nowadays, due to the issues and problems of the car and urban lifestyle and the mental and intellectual controversies caused by this lifestyle, mental disorders of people are spreading. The spread of people's mental disorders, the consequences of which include the increase in crime; It will have consequences for society. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of mental illnesses on committing crimes based on legal concepts in 1402. This research is semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The Gertzo-Roemer Emotion Regulation Difficulty Questionnaire and the DASS Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale were the two measurement tools of this research. The research community was formed by patients with mental disorders who referred to the forensic doctor in Tehran. The sample size is 60 people who are randomly assigned to two experimental (30 people) and control (30 people) groups. To analyze the research data, coefficient of covariance tests were used with spss24 software. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated and evaluated using Cronbach's alpha method, based on which the coefficient of the research variables and its dimensions was more than 0.7. In this research, by using inferential statistics, the relationship between the variables of depression, anxiety, stress, difficulty in impulse control, lack of emotional awareness, difficulty in performing purposeful behavior, non-acceptance of emotional responses with committing a crime was measured, and the relationship of all variables was confirmed. The results showed that the effect of mental illnesses in committing crimes is greater compared to the control group, which is a healthy group. That is, if a person with mental disorders is in a crime-prone situation, the probability of committing a crime increases compared to a healthy person.
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