论“偷一”能否“罚十”

A Research on Penalty at Ten

生活中,"偷一罚十"手段被众多商家用来避免偷盗的发生。然而,"偷一罚十"从开始,就引来不小的争议。"偷一罚十"究竟是一种法律应该予以支持的商业惯例还是根本不应当提倡的店堂告示呢?笔者从其存在的现状入手,透过法律的相关规定,最终做出商家"偷一罚十"规定既是不合法的,也是不合理的结论.

In our daily life,many businessmen punish the thieves by fining them a sum of money that is several times the price of the products they steal in order to lessen the occurrence of the crime.However,such punishment caused much controversy at the first place,for it is not clear whether such measurement taken by the businessmen should be supported by law or should it just be seen as a private sanction which should not be advocated.With reference to the concerning provisions of law,the writer approached the problem from the present situation,and concluded that the measurement in question is neither legal nor reasonable.