Child Execution in Iran

Furthering Our Understanding of Child Execution as a Form of Structural Violence

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ID6051950
AuthorsNadia Aghtaie (University of Bristol, corresponding author), Jo Staines (0000-0001-7285-496X, University of Bristol)
Year2022
Volume30
Issue2
Pages387-402
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1205-8629 • E-ISSN: 1572-9877
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10612-022-09605-4
OpenAlexW4214892964
LanguageEN
References cited22

This article explores how the concepts of strucutral violence and cultural violence can explain the institutionalization and normalization of violence in children’s lives in Iran, including the use of the death penalty, thereby providing a mechanism through which such violence can be challenged. The paper reflects on how an alternative to execution, the payment of blood money, diyah , mitigates but does not eradicate harms caused to child offenders convicted of Qesas offenses and how diyah is used by Iranian authorities to avoid fulfilling their legal obligations to children who offend. The article argues that eradicating child execution and the payment of blood money is dependent on challenging the structural violence that is embedded within Iran’s legal structures and it reflects on recent improvements in the legal system

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