社会危害性的角色转换与犯罪概念的流变

Conversion of the Role of Social Harmfulness and Alteration of the Concept of Crime

社会危害性在不同类型的犯罪概念下扮演着不同的角色,发挥着迥异的功能,这是正确认识、检讨现行社会危害性理论必须全部审视的因素。在形式的犯罪概念下,社会危害性虽然没有名义上的法律地位,但无论在刑法理论上还是在刑事司法实践中都发挥着解释犯罪的功能;在实质的犯罪概念下,社会危害性充当维护社会秩序的角色,因无节制地膨胀而上升为认定罪与非罪的唯一标准的高度;在混合的犯罪概念视野下,社会危害性理性回归到人权保障的角色,在刑事司法实践中发挥着个案矫正的功能。

Social harmfulness plays a different role in different types of crime’s definition and exerts very different functions. Accurately understanding and reviewing the theory of social harmfulness is very important. In formal concept of crime,social harmfulness,although no nominal legal status,plays a function of interpretation of crime in terms of the theory of criminal law and in practice of criminal justice. In the substantial concept of crime,social harmfulness,which act as maintaining social order,turn into the sole criterion of determination crime because of the uncontrolled expansion. In the integrated concept of crime,social harmfulness resoundingly returns to take on the role of human rights protection,and plays a corrective function in criminal cases.