Feasibility Study of the Realization of the Idea of Meta Criminal Law with an Approach to the Metaverse

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Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Payam e Noor, Tehran, Iran

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With the emergence of new technologies and the expansion of virtual spaces, criminal law has faced new challenges. The author suggests creating a new branch titled "Meta Criminal Law" and proposes that legislators at national and international levels establish the substantive and procedural aspects of this field based on a criminal policy framework. The article examines the concept of meta criminal law, the opportunities and necessity of its formation, and its role in combating crimes in cyberspace. Using an analytical-descriptive method and library studies, it analyzes the current situation and future of meta criminal law. The article addresses the threats that could form the basis of criminal behaviors in the metaverse space and emphasizes that despite concerns about crime formation in the metaverse, there are inherent capabilities in the metaverse that can be used across a broad spectrum, including a criminal policy ranging from meta-criminal trials to the social rehabilitation of criminals and even virtual imprisonment.

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Iranian Journal of Public Policy
Volume 11, Issue 1
March 2025
Pages 56-72

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