ECONOMIC DISORDER AND LACK OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ARE SAID TO BE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTORS TO CRIME IN ANY SOCIETY. UNEMPLOYMENT, A CONSEQUENCE OF A DISORDERED ECONOMY, INFLUENCES THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS IN CRIME. TWO BASIC MEANS OF FIGHTING CRIME ARE IDENTIFIED: THE PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTS OR WAYS OF LIFE THAT FACILITATE OR ENCOURAGE CRIMINAL ACTS; AND THE DEFINITION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DANGEROUS STATES THAT MAY RESULT IN THE COMMISSION OF CRIME. IRANIAN LAW PROVIDES FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF THESE 'CERTAIN ACTS OR WAYS OF LIFE' IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE CRIMES TO WHICH THEY MAY LEAD. FOR EXAMPLE, LACK OF ADDRESS AND UNEMPLOYMENT ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY STAGES OF CRIMES SUCH AS THEFT AND ROBBERY. CRIMINAL LAW PROVIDES FOR PUNISHMENT OF THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A JOB OR WHO REFRAIN FROM WORK. ALCOHOLISM AND SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, OPIUM, AND OPIUM DERIVATIVES ARE ALSO PROHIBITED. PROVISIONS ARE MADE FOR PERSONS CONSIDERED TO BE IN A 'DANGEROUS STATE' THAT COULD LEAD TO INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME. -- LM