限制犯罪记录流向社会公众的思索与实践——以江苏某基层法院未成年人轻罪犯罪记录封存试点为样本

轻罪犯罪记录封存的功能是限制犯罪记录公开,确保涉及未成年人犯罪的有关资料只在公检法司机关内部流转,避免因犯罪记录外流而引发社会公众对未成年犯的非规范性评价,形成"标签效应"。修正后的《刑事诉讼法》规定了轻罪犯罪记录封存制度,但未明确具体操作程序。江苏某基层法院在犯罪记录封存试点工作中引入听证程序等做法成效显著,为进一步研究和推动形成科学规范的封存操作规程积累了有益经验。

I＇hought and Practice of Limitations on Criminal Records Accessible to the Public--Case Study of the Sealing Experiment of Misdemeanor Criminal Records in a Grassroots Court in Jiangsu

Sealing of misdemeanor criminal record is to limit the outflow of criminal record,to ensure that the information about juvenile criminals only circulate in the system of Public Security Agency,Procuratorial Agency and Court of Justice,and to avoid"label effect" on them caused by non-normative evaluation after the outflow.Though the revised Criminal Procedure Law provides the misdemeanor criminal records storage system,specific operating procedures have not been constituted.A Jiangsu court applied hearing procedure and other processes to sealing the criminal records,which has achieved remarkable effect.This experiment is a useful experience for the further study and the establishment of normative sealing operating procedures.