Abstract
The legislator has acted to criminalize the field of public chastity in order to preserve public morality; one of these cases considers prostitution. Publication of some news and images, especially those that may appear today in various mass media, such as Internet websites, certainly leads to the dissemination and spread of content that contradicts public morality and ethics, that confronts ethical norms and values. That’s why the publication of such information is prohibited by law. Concerning the spread of prostitution, this paper analyzes two instances of abuse, that contradict public morality and are related to each other. The main question in this paper is, what does the Iranian criminal policy do against the spread of prostitution, covered in the Islamic Penal Code approved in 2013? After an introduction (Chapter I), we analyze some jurisprudential concepts and principles related with this matter (Chapter II). In Chapter III we see some examples of the spread of prostitution in domestic law. Finally, we take care of the role of corruption in the spread of prostitution (Chapter IV) and then we resume some conclusions (Chapter V).
Highlights
One of the phenomena, that have been censored to preserve the cultural, religious values and achievements of the community, is to preserve public chastity through the restriction of prostitution.despite the severity of this crime, it has not been deeply investigated
The scope of the violation of general offending issues concerns the spread of prostitution and vices, such as incitement, encouragement, persuasion, threat, corruption, and the commission of these crimes, which leads to the spread, distribution, and managing of the content contradictory to public chastity
In the two mentioned laws, in light of the importance of the issue, especially in the traditional and new media, such as the Internet, the legislator has tried to point out some cases of the spread of prostitution and acts against the public chastity that it includes the following cases: Art. 6 of the press law limits the scope and freedom of expression in the press have been considered by the legislature; it should be explained that according to the exact phrase of the article «except in cases of disturbance to Islamic principles and rules and public and private rights (...)»
Summary
That have been censored to preserve the cultural, religious values and achievements of the community, is to preserve public chastity through the restriction of prostitution. The scope of the violation of general offending issues concerns the spread of prostitution and vices, such as incitement, encouragement, persuasion, threat, corruption, and the commission of these crimes, which leads to the spread, distribution, and managing of the content contradictory to public chastity. The subject of crimes, that is against chastity and public morality is the dignity, credibility, personal and family privilege of individuals who value the society they live in and customs. That is why, this new law reminds about these values, concerning infidelity, chastity and sexual morality. That is why any behavior that contradicts these social values has to be prosecuted and punished as a crime against chastity and general morality (Ekrami, 2010, pp. 85-88)
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