Abstract

Punitive laws are devised in societies to establish order and security. Undoubtedly, norms of the society are violated by some people which leads to some harms to the security and this requires the society to react appropriately to these outlaws. However, the reaction to offenders is different, since sometimes a person commits several crimes in different or the same times and places that shows a dangerous state. Or sometimes one commits a crime and repeats it even after certain conviction or enforcement; this reflects that the society’s reaction has not been effective and deterrent. Iran’s punitive system is not an exception. Therefore, the lawmaker in the new Islamic law enacted in 2013 has predicted equipment to aggravate punishment in the form of repetition in order for punitive courts to determine the appropriate punishment for dangerous criminals