缓刑在社区矫正实施中的性质及定位

The Nature and Position of Probation in the Implementation of Community Correction

随着社区矫正的逐步实施与完善,一些理论上尚未厘清的模糊问题日渐显现。如长期以来理论界关于缓刑性质的认识,将缓刑"有条件不执行"界定为刑罚未执行等,造成解释的困难和理论的混乱,破坏了刑罚理论体系的统一。从理论和实践角度分析,缓刑均具有明显的刑罚执行的特征。缓刑"有条件不执行原判刑罚",并不意味缓刑不具有刑罚惩罚性。社区矫正体现了刑罚个别化和教育刑思想,本身具有惩罚性与恢复性特征,因此,矫正过程中的公益劳动、法制教育、心理辅导等均是处罚和教育方式的复合。缓刑人员在缓刑考验期内接受必要的惩罚,才能感受法律的威严,从而对其犯罪行为有所补偿,恢复犯罪人与被害人及社会之间的正常秩序。缓刑作为非监禁刑罚的执行措施应从理论上加以明确。

With the gradual implementation and perfection of community correction,some questions should be made clear. Probation has obvious characteristics of punishment from angles of theory and practice. Community correction has characteristics of punishment and recovery,so labor for public welfare,legal education,psychological counseling are of integration of punishment and education in the period of correction. Even if in the period of probation,punishment is necessary. In this way,the normal relationship of criminal,victim and society can be recovered. Probation,as punishment outside prison,should be expounded theoretically.