论社会文化对犯罪界定的影响

On Effect of Social Culture on Definition of Committing a Crime

犯罪虽然由法律所界定,但刑法在犯罪圈的划定上受到社会文化的深刻制约,犯罪的范围界定在不同国家、不同历史时期也就不尽一致。立于社会文化的视界,透视各种文化现象和犯罪界定的联系,不难发现犯罪界定受到法文化传统、社会哲学、社会道德和社会宗教等文化因素直接而深刻的影响。所以,对犯罪的理解应当植根于文化之中,了解并把握立于背后制约犯罪圈划定的社会文化机理。

Whether it is a crime is defined by law,but criminal law is deeply restricted by social culture in delimiting scope of crime.There are different definitions for scope of crime in different countries and different historical periods.To see through the association between various cultural phenomena and definition of crime from the standpoint of social culture,it is not difficult to find that the definition of a crime is directly and deeply affected by legal cultural tradition,social philosophy,social moral,social religion and other cultural factors.Therefore,understanding of a crime should be rooted in culture,and we should understand and grasp the mechanism of social culture that is behind but restricts delimiting scope of crime.