社区矫正的完善与我国刑罚轻缓化的实现——以《刑法修正案(八)》为视角

The Perfection of Community Correction in China and the Realization of the Penalty Reprieve: Take 'Amendment Ⅷ to the Criminal Law' as the Angle of View

在宽严相济刑事政策的指导下,我国不断调整刑罚结构,促使其科学化、文明化并与国际社会接轨。一个更体现刑罚人道性的社区矫正制度终于在地方试点了9年之后通过《刑法修正案(八)》予以最终确定。法定化了的社区矫正制度在很大程度上为司法实践提供了强有力的法律依据,同时也是我国刑罚轻缓化发展进程中的重要一步。然而,司法实践中社区矫正工作仍然存在着诸多亟待解决的问题,刑罚轻缓化的落实也需要在健全的社区矫正制度中得以实现。

In the criminal policy of combining punishment with leniency guidance, China constantly adjusts punishment mitigation to a scientific, civilized standard and to the international norms. A more humanitarian community correction system is finally determined in the ＂Amendment VIII to the Criminal Law＂ after nine years of local experimentation. To a great extent, the statutory delimitation of community correction system provides a strong le- gal basis for judicial practice. At the same time, it is an important step for the development of penalty reprieve. However, many problems still exist in the judicial practice of community correction. In order to realize penalty reprieve we should also perfect the community correction.