刑罚轻缓化及其与相关范畴的关系

Moderating Criminal Penalty and Its Relationship with Related Domains

刑罚轻缓化是指国家适用于刑事立法、司法和行刑等整个刑罚运作过程的,旨在从整体上降低刑罚的残酷性和严厉性,并倡导尽可能以较轻的刑罚来惩罚和控制犯罪的刑事政策。西方的刑罚轻缓化运动大致经历了大幅度降低刑罚的残酷性和严厉性、对刑罚过度轻缓化的适当纠正以及"轻轻重重"两极化刑事政策的形成三个阶段。我国的刑罚轻缓化改革应当重点理顺以下几类关系:刑罚轻缓化程度与当前具体国情的相互适应关系;刑罚轻缓程度与我国刑法调整范围的协调统一关系;刑罚轻缓化与刑罚结构合理性的互动共存关系;刑罚轻缓化与罪责刑相适应原则的并行不悖关系。

The moderating criminal penalty is a criminal policy applied to the whole operation of penalty,which includes criminal legislation,justice and execution of penalty.The moderating criminal penalty of China should focus on rationalizing the following relationships： first,its degree and the current specific nataional conditions should be adapted to each other;second,its degree and the scope of the Criminal Law coverage should be harmonized;third,the moderating criminal penalty and the reasonableness of the penalty structure should maintain interactive and coexistent;last,the moderating criminal penalty and the adaptation of crime,responsibility and penalty should keep parallel without conflicts.