Regulatoryism of Voluntary and Involuntary Withdrawal in the Attempt of Crime in the Light of American Law

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic jurisprudence, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of Moncton, Moncton, Canada.

3 PhD student, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

Abstract

Measuring the will of the perpetrator at the time of withdrawing from committing a crime in proportion to whether it is voluntary or involuntary is one of the most important topics of attempt of crime since the main core of renunciation is the spiritual element, which cannot be easily understood. Therefore, it is necessary to make a fine distinction between voluntary and involuntary withdrawal by codification. Finally, in this article, by using the descriptive-analytical and library method, it was found that there are two types of withdrawal criteria for the existence of conditions beyond the perpetrator's will. The first category is human obstacles, which are either third parties or victims, and the second category is non-human obstacles, which are either indirect obstacles or direct obstacles related to crime. In the first type, withdrawal is involuntary, and in the second type, indirect obstacles are voluntary withdrawal, and in direct obstacles, involuntary withdrawal. The American Criminal Law has regulated voluntary withdrawal by adding the phrase "full intent to withdraw" and specifying conditions such as the presence of a third party, the severity of the crime or the victim's resistance, or changing the criminal purpose of voluntary withdrawal. In contrast, Iran's approach is only accepting the principle of withdrawal without stating the rules. Therefore, it seems that the American approach in expressing the rules is considered more efficient. However, the attention of the two criminal systems to the development of the circle of renunciation to prevent the crime or sometimes the irreparable damages of the total crime and to encourage the criminals to avoid committing the crime seems to be considered.

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