西方国家被害人过错的刑法意义

Criminal Meaning of a Victim’s Fault in Western Countries

西方学者研究发现一些犯罪中被害人是存有过错的 ,对于被害人过错的刑法意义 ,目前主要有两种观点 :一是认为被害人过错导致被害人应分担责任 ;二是认为被害人过错导致犯罪人的应受谴责性降低。按照第一种观点会得出被害人要承担刑事责任的结论 ,这是不妥当的 ,比较而言 。

Western scholars discovered that victims’ fault exist in some crimes. As for the criminal meaning of a victim’s fault, at present, there are mainly two opinions:firstly, the fault causes the victim to share responsibility; secondly, the fault results in the mitigation of offender’s culpability mitigated. It is inappropriate to conclude that the victim with fault should share criminal responsibility according to the first viewpoint. Comparatively, the second opinion is more reasonable.