论未成年人社会调查报告法律属性定位及其运用

On the Orientation and Application of Legal Attribute of Minors’Social Investigation Report

2012年修订的《刑事诉讼法》将未成年人社会调查制度上升至法律层面,但该项制度在司法实践的运用中并未发挥其应有的功能。未成年人社会调查报告的法律定位模糊与法律条文规定的非强制性,造成了主体、程序、适用效果等诸多方面的问题。综观域外,诸多国家的少年刑事司法经验足以体现出其对社会调查报告的重视程度。结合我国国情,以社会调查报告的证据属性为导向,完善其在各诉讼程序中的运用,有利于最大程度上实现未成年人社会调查制度的设立初衷与对涉案未成年人的教育和挽救目的。

The Criminal Procedure Law revised in 2012 has elevated the social investigation system of minors to the legal level,but the system has not given its due function in the application of judicial practice.The vague legal orientation of the social investigation report of minors and the non-compulsory legal provisions causes numerous problems in subject,procedure and application effect.Taking a wide view of foreign countries,the juvenile criminal justice experience in many countries is sufficient to reflect the importance they have attached to social investigation reports.Combining with China’s national conditions and guided by the evidence attribute of the social investigation report,improving its application in various litigation procedures is conducive to maximizing the realization of the original intention of the establishment of the social investigation system of minors so as to achieve educational and salvage purpose of the minors involved.