网络虚拟财产的刑法保护——以谦抑刑法观为分析视角

On The Criminal Protection of the Network Virtual Property:from the Perspective of the Modesty of Criminal Law

刑罚的意义在于通过维持、唤醒国民的规范意识而达到预防犯罪的效果。在信息网络异常发达的当今社会,侵犯网络虚拟财产的现象屡见不鲜;基于谦抑的刑法观与刑法积极的一般预防理念,一方面应当坚决反对刑法圈的过度扩张;另一方面,一定限度内积极预防措施的施行应当被允许。反观当下的刑事司法实践,由于缺少相对统一的标准,侵犯网络虚拟财产的行为性质难于精确界定,以计算机犯罪定罪的惯例显然无法涵盖上述所有行为类型,容易造成刑法适用失衡的不当。因此,应当将网络虚拟财产以刑法的形式规范起来,以打击一切侵犯网络虚拟财产的犯罪行为。

The significance of criminal penalty is to maintain and awaken national standard consciousness for achieving the effect of crime prevention. In today＇ s society where the informa- tion network criminal law is extremely developed, the infringement of the network virtual property is not uncommon; Considering the principle of the modesty and the positive general prevention of criminal law, on the one hand we should resolutely oppose the excessive expansion of the criminal law circle, but on the other hand the enforcement of positive precautions should be allowed to some degree. With the lack of uniform standards of the current criminal justice practice, it is dif- ficult to accurately define the nature of the infringement of the network virtual property and the convention with the conviction of computer crime can not cover all the types of criminal behavior and easily leads to imbalanced and inappropriate situation of the application of criminal law. Therefore, the network virtual property should be standardized in the form of criminal law for fighting the criminal behaviors of all the infringement of the network virtual property.