从刑事诉讼法的修改看我国少年司法制度的发展和完善

Overview on the Development and Perfection of the Juvenile Judicial System in Our Country from the Perspective of the Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law

我国的少年司法制度从产生至今已有近三十年的发展。[1]在这过程中,各地司法机关始终从国家未来、民族希望的高度,从促进未成年人健康成长出发,探索并建立了一系列独特的工作机制,为涉罪未成年人提供了有效的法律保护,体现了我国少年司法刑罚轻缓化的趋势和"教育、挽救"未成年犯罪人,促使其顺利实现再社会化的价值取向。修改后的《刑事诉讼法》对未成年人案件刑事诉讼程序的特别规定,使这些创新工作机制最终确立了下来,为完善具有中国特色的少年司法制度提供了法律保障。

The juvenile judicial system in our country has developed for approximately 30 years since its establishment.In the process,we have constantly targeted the prospect,national expectation and juveniles’ healthy growth to explore a series of unique working mechanisms so as to provide legal protection for the guilty juveniles.All this shows the gradual lenient penalty trend of our juvenile justice,desires to save juvenile criminals and stimulate them to readopt social values.The amended Criminal Procedure Law has special provisions for criminal trial procedure of cases involving minors,which has eventually established the innovative working mechanisms and offered legal guarantees for the perfection of juvenile judicial system with Chinese characteristics.