恢复性司法功能和过程分析

恢复性司法是西方近30年发展起来的一种刑事司法模式.这一司法模式认为,犯罪行为不仅违法,而且伤害了被害人、所有社区以及他们自己.强调通过恢复性过程中的道歉、赔偿、社区服务、生活帮助等方式使被害人因犯罪所造成的物质精神损失得到补偿,使被害人因犯罪受影响的生活恢复常态,同时亦使犯罪人通过积极的负责任的行为重新融入社区,并赢得被害人及其家庭和社区成员的谅解.恢复性司法在加强对被害人的关怀,促进犯罪人的自发矫正,促进社会和谐等方面确有重要的现实意义,但与传统刑事司法模式相比,仍处在探索、推广阶段,因而有必要对其功能和过程作深入分析,以便在条件成熟时加以引进.

The Resumption Judicial Function and Analysis of the Process

The resumption justice is a criminal judicial mode which developed in the western in 30's, which believes that the criminal act not only offends against the law, but damages the victim, the community and themselves. In order to compensate for the spiritual and material lose produced by the crime and to make the victim's life return to normal, it stresses apology, compensation, community service and life help. Meanwhile, it expects the understanding of the criminal's family and members of community that means much to victims, their reeducation and the harmony of society. However, compared with the traditional judicial mode, it still needs more research and analysis to its function and process so that it can be imported at the proper time.