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Shahsavari Z, Ashrafy M, Azizi Malekabadi H A, Heidari M. Investigating the Effect of Polycythemia Vera on Delinquency. MLJ 2026; 20 (61) :376-391
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1- Department of Law, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2- Department of Medical Basic Sciences, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2- Department of Medical Basic Sciences, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract:
Background and Aim: One of the causes and factors that are effective in the development of individuals' personalities and abnormal behaviors is physical diseases, which sometimes cause mental problems for the individual and the commission of crimes. One of these diseases is polycythemia vera. This disease lowers the tolerance threshold and increases the criminal capacity of the individual and despite the criminal conditions, circumstances and circumstances, the patient commits crimes. In this regard, to punish these individuals, it is better to consider relative responsibility, security and educational measures, treatment and counseling to prevent the repetition of the crime and this will not be possible unless the necessary laws are formulated so that judges can issue fair verdicts by citing legal articles.The legislator refers to the issue of illness as a cause of criminal liability in only one article and that is Article 149 of the Islamic Penal Code, which will only remove criminal liability if the illness destroys the power of discernment and will. Of course, in paragraph "e" of Article 38 of the Islamic Penal Code, in terms of mitigation, the general word illness is also mentioned as a factor for mitigating punishment, but what illness and to what extent and conditions cause mitigation has been kept silent. One of these diseases that can increase the likelihood of committing a crime is blood clotting disease, which is the purpose of the present study.
Method: The research method of the present study is descriptive-analytical and the method of data collection is library study.
Ethical Considerations: This article has fully adhered to the principles of ethics, honesty, respect for individual rights, confidentiality and the principle of material and intellectual property.
Results: Patients with polycythemia are identified incidentally by an increase in hemoglobin or hematocrit levels. The amount of hemoglobin, which is considered abnormally high, in this disease, in addition to physical problems that occur in the kidneys, liver and red blood cells, etc., also causes psychological complications due to the slow movement of blood in vital tissues such as the brain and lungs, which causes disorders of consciousness, dementia, drowsiness, restlessness, depression, epilepsy, delirium, anxiety and aggression, etc. These disorders lower the tolerance threshold and increase the criminal capacity of the individual and despite the criminal conditions, circumstances and circumstances, the patient commits a crime.
Conclusion: After studies and investigations, it was determined that polycythemia vera affects the commission of abnormal and criminal acts and that the patient, both physically and mentally, has a low tolerance threshold and a high criminal capacity under the influence of the disease and if other factors affecting the commission of a crime, including social causes, are present, he will commit a crime. Therefore, we need to formulate laws for the correct and fair way of dealing with these patients.
Please cite this article as:
Shahsavari Z, Ashrafy M, Azizi Malekabadi H, Heidari M. Investigating the Effect of Polycythemia Vera on Delinquency. Medical Law Journal. 2026; 20: e25.
Method: The research method of the present study is descriptive-analytical and the method of data collection is library study.
Ethical Considerations: This article has fully adhered to the principles of ethics, honesty, respect for individual rights, confidentiality and the principle of material and intellectual property.
Results: Patients with polycythemia are identified incidentally by an increase in hemoglobin or hematocrit levels. The amount of hemoglobin, which is considered abnormally high, in this disease, in addition to physical problems that occur in the kidneys, liver and red blood cells, etc., also causes psychological complications due to the slow movement of blood in vital tissues such as the brain and lungs, which causes disorders of consciousness, dementia, drowsiness, restlessness, depression, epilepsy, delirium, anxiety and aggression, etc. These disorders lower the tolerance threshold and increase the criminal capacity of the individual and despite the criminal conditions, circumstances and circumstances, the patient commits a crime.
Conclusion: After studies and investigations, it was determined that polycythemia vera affects the commission of abnormal and criminal acts and that the patient, both physically and mentally, has a low tolerance threshold and a high criminal capacity under the influence of the disease and if other factors affecting the commission of a crime, including social causes, are present, he will commit a crime. Therefore, we need to formulate laws for the correct and fair way of dealing with these patients.
Please cite this article as:
Shahsavari Z, Ashrafy M, Azizi Malekabadi H, Heidari M. Investigating the Effect of Polycythemia Vera on Delinquency. Medical Law Journal. 2026; 20: e25.
Keywords: Polycythemia, Criminal Capacity, Mental Injuries, Commission of a Crime, Criminal Liability
Type of Study: Original Article |
Received: 2025/07/13 | Accepted: 2025/11/3
Received: 2025/07/13 | Accepted: 2025/11/3
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