论刑罚的犯罪预防功能

刑罚和犯罪都是历史的产物,二者相伴而生。刑罚的本质属性内在地决定其具有预防犯罪的作用,刑罚在将刑罚本质外化的过程中实现预防犯罪的作用。但刑罚功能具有局限性,需要其自身的完善以及综合运用其他手段来突破这种局限性。而预防犯罪被主观化为刑罚的目的的同时,也促进了刑罚立法和司法的日益发展和完善。

Criminal Penalty and Crime Prevention

Both criminal penalty and the crime are the products of the history, they go together with each other. The essential attribute of the criminal penalty decide its role of crime prevention, and the penalty function achieves the role of crime prevention in the externalization of penalty＇ s essential attribute. But the practice of the penalty function is also restricted, which needs breaking through by improving the penalty itself and systemically using other means. The process of defining crime prevention as the purpose of criminal penalty also promote the development of the legislation and judicial.