罚金刑功能论

On the Function of Fine Penalty

在对刑罚的功能进行分析的基础上,认为罚金刑的功能是:惩罚,对犯罪人的惩戒和谴责;剥夺,对犯罪人的金钱的刑事剥夺;威慑,对犯罪人和潜在犯罪人的慑止;鉴别,帮助认识罪与非罪的界限,提高法制观念;安抚,满足要求惩罚犯罪的强烈愿望,平息犯罪造成的激愤情绪,慰藉精神创伤;鼓励,强化和促进守法者守法和鼓励跟犯罪做斗争;感化,消除犯罪人的敌对情绪,使其成为有利于社会的人;补偿,补偿犯罪造成的损失与损害,恢复或重申维持社会存在的基本秩序与价值观念。

Based on the analysis of the function of penalty, the author thinks the function of fine penalty is ： punishment, to condemn and punish the criminal; deprivation, criminal depriving the criminal of money; deterrent, deterrent to the criminal and the latent criminal; distinction, to help people know differences between crime and non-crime, and enhance people＇ s conception of legality ; comfort, to satisfy the intense desire to punish the criminal, to subside indignant mood created by crimes, and to console the victims of crime; encouragment, to strengthen and promote people to obey the law, to encourage people to struggle against crimes ; influence, to eliminate hostile feeling of the criminal and cause them to be people who is advantageous to society; compensation, to compensate for the loss and harm made by crimes, to restore or reiterate the basic order and value idea which can make the society continue.