帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪的限缩适用问题研究

Research on the Restricted Application Problem of the Crime of Assisting Information Network Crime Activities

随着科学技术的不断进步和发展,人们的生活越来越离不开网络,信息网络的变革对社会结构和社会生活各个方面造成了巨大的影响。网络空间逐渐成为人们生活的“第二空间”,网络在促进个人、社会和国家进步的同时,也面临着不少的风险和矛盾。为了应对网络犯罪层出不穷的现象,我国《刑法修正案(九)》新增了帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪。然而,自帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪设立以来,就其立法属性而言,不同学者的观点存在较大的差异,如“明知”是否包括“应当知道”和“可能知道”、帮助行为包含的类型以及情节严重包括哪些具体情形等方面都有不同的看法,因此,帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪在司法适用上出现了扩张适用的情况。文章基于帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪实际运用的情况,探析本罪在实务中存在的问题以及扩张情况的表现形式,提出限缩适用的必要性及路径。With the continuous progress and development of science and technology, people’s lives are increasingly dependent on the internet, and the changes in information networks have had a huge impact on social structures and various aspects of social life. Cyberspace is gradually becoming the “second space” of people’s lives. While promoting individual, social and national progress, the internet also faces many risks and contradictions. In order to deal with the endless occurrence of cybercrimes, the “Amendment of Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China (Nine)” has added the crime of assisting information network crime activities. However, since the establishment of the crime of assisting information network crime activities, there are significant differences in the legislative attributes of different scholars, such as whether “knowing” includes “should know” and “may know”, the types of helping behavior, and the specific circumstances of seriousness. Therefore, the crime of assisting information network crime activities has been expanded in the judicial application. Based on the actual application of the crime of assisting information network crime activities, this paper explores the problems and expansion of the crime in practice and proposes the necessity and path of limiting its application.