Requirements of criminal legislative description in the field of Agricultural Bioterrorism

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Shiraz University

2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University

3 Ph.D student in Criminal Justice and Criminology

Abstract

The agricultural industry, while providing the food chain of countries, can also be a source of potential risks to the health and safety of the people. The potential spread of agricultural bioterrorism has security consequence .Countering agricultural bioterrorism by adopting differential strategies and passing laws In some countries, examples of agricultural bioterrorism have been the subject of some criminal descriptions and repressive responses to Iran's criminal policy. Agricultural bioterrorism is based on human science and knowledge and affects the fields of health, safety and public health. Among the proposed solutions to reduce the threat of agricultural bioterrorism, intensify penalties, identify criminal liability for legal entities that cause bio-threats, create and strengthen modern and advanced regulatory bodies
The present article seeks to answer the basic question of what is the desired criminal policy against agricultural bioterrorism? The result is that the emergence and manifestation of various branches of bioterrorism in its new reading has not been able to respond to the current scattered laws. The adoption of a comprehensive law in this area will be a serious necessity in Iranian criminal law. The present research is applied in terms of type and purpose and descriptive in terms of nature and method, which has been written by collecting information through documentary review and taking notes and referring to various sites and articles.

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