风险社会下危险犯扩展理论新探

A Research on Extension of Potential Damage Offence in Risk Society

危险犯理论是在近代工业革命的发展和刑法新派理论的推动下产生的,适应了当时社会的需要。当今社会正步入风险社会,传统危险显然不能涵盖现实的风险,风险社会下危险犯也应赋予新的内涵,现实社会的需要和刑法的机能也需要危险犯有进一步的扩展,刑法作为现实社会的风险控制工具,也体现了与时俱进的时代特征。

The appearance of the theory on potential damage offence is based on the Industrial Revolution and the promotion of the new theory of criminal law. It adapts to the social requirements. With modem society tapping into a risk one, traditional hazard obviously cannot contain the risk in reality, the risk society endows the potential damage offence with new connotation. It is indispensable to extend the scale of potential damage offence. As a tool for risk control, the criminal law reflects the characteristic of keeping pace with the times.