刑罚立法复审制度之提倡

有关刑罚的立法,是根据宪法的规定而制定的。刑法和刑事诉讼法,是最为重要的刑罚立法。刑法在广义上含刑法典、单行刑法、刑法修正案及具有准立法性质的司法解释。刑事诉讼法也含刑事诉讼法典及其司法解释。随着时代的发展和社会的变迁,这些刑罚立法,有些表现出与法治的基本准则不相一致的情况。要使刑罚立法真正体现法治国家的基本准则,需要构建刑罚立法复审制度。     

前科消灭的刑罚理论基础

我国刑法在对犯罪人适用刑罚时,既考虑了犯罪的社会危害性,又兼顾了犯罪人的人身危险性,刑罚的裁量是报应和预防综合评价的结果。故而前科的消灭乃是我国量刑原则的必然要求。前科在一定时期内予以保留的基础不应是预防再犯、防卫社会,而主要是检验和衡量犯罪人的人身危险性是否业已消除的需要。     

关于进一步推动思想解放的思考

延边要实现经济跨越式发展,首先要确定一个符合本地实际,能够统领全局和凝聚人心的发展思路,用全新的视野、开放性思维谋划发展。     

环境污染刑罚的立法缺陷及完善建议

刑法第338条应修改补充为两款,对两种不同罪过形式的行为在罪名和量刑上加以区分,以充分体现刑法罪刑相适应原则的要求,更好地保护人类赖以生存的自然环境。     

单位危害国家安全罪累犯刍议

单位危害国家安全罪累犯是单位犯罪、累犯、危害国家安全罪三者的结合点,其存在的法律根据包含我国宪法与新刑法的有关规定,其刑法适用包括认定与处罚原则两个方面。     

广义刑事政策视角下的刑事政策横向结构分析

刑事政策的横向结构是指刑事政策体系内各分系统之间的关系。刑事政策的分系统是指刑事惩罚政策和社会预防政策。刑事惩罚政策是指国家机关运用刑事法律与违法犯罪作斗争的一切手段、方法和措施,包括刑事立法政策、刑事司法政策和刑事执行政策。刑事立法政策是指在刑事立法中的策略、方针和原则,是刑事立法的灵魂。刑事司法政策是指导刑事司法实践的具体指导思想和策略原则。刑事执行政策是指导刑事执行实践的具体指导思想和策略原则。当代刑事惩罚政策已经出现了犯罪化与非犯罪化和轻刑化、非监禁化和行刑社会化以及两极化的发展趋势。社会预防政策是指直接或间接地对犯罪的控制和预防产生影响的具体措施、策略和方法。社会预防政策可以分为宏观预防政策与微观预防政策。在社会转型期,社会预防政策也应进行合理的调整。     

行刑社会化法律问题研究——以罪犯教育改造为视角

罪犯教育改造社会化是监狱行刑发展的必然,它在推动刑罚执行社会化发展方面具有重要的作用。但是,要真正使这项工作规范运行,还应从法律和制度本身着手,发动社会各方面的力量共同努力,才能使罪犯教育改造社会化工作上新的台阶,以提高教育改造质量,实现法律制度的最大价值。     

Gran Torino

Given the current constellation of fiscal, moral, and logistical problems facing its corrections industry, the USA is on the cusp of a widespread penal reform movement. For the past 200-plus years, each US penal reform that intended to diminish penal practices resulted in widening the reach and deepening the roots of the nation’s punishment system. The question asked here is: is the restorative justice movement in the USA headed the way of past benevolent penal reforms? A new type of social movement: the regressive social movement model is presented. Three past benevolent penal reforms – the penitentiary, the adult reformatory movement, and parole are dissected in order to formulate a regressive reform profile and tested against the restorative justice movement. Field research finds that a repeat performance of regressive reform is in progress. In each of the eight restorative justice movement, variables demonstrate characteristics evident in past benevolent penal campaigns, resulting in a redirection of the campaign’s course.     

Kim Pate

Abstract

This essay provides an overview of the life of Kim Pate, a Canadian activist who works with and on behalf of criminalized women and girls. Highlights of Kim's commendable personal, occupational, political and academic contributions and achievements in both Canada and abroad are presented. Featuring pivotal occupational achievements in Kim's life simultaneously offers a glimpse into the state of affairs in the past decade facing women in Canada's criminal justice system. This essay is based on interviews held with Kim, her colleagues and friends, and my personal acquaintance with her. It brings to life how Kim has and continues to challenge and progress the Canadian criminal justice system as an activist, and how her success is rooted in her extraordinary character as an individual.     

Incapacitation and imprisonment: prisoners' involvement in community-based crime

Abstract

The impact of incapacitation on prisoners' offending behaviour is a neglected area of research. The aim of this study was to examine the extent and nature of prisoners' involvement in community-based crime in the UK. Participants were selected from nine prisons in the UK and consisted of 360 prisoners, 81 females and 279 males. Offenders were interviewed to assess levels and forms of involvement in community-based crime and perceptions of other prisoners' involvement. Levels of prisonization and institutional and demographic characteristics were used to identify vulnerability to involvement in community-based crime. Twenty-five per cent of the sample admitted personal involvement and 63% reported other prisoners' involvement in a diverse range of crimes. Analyses revealed prisoners involved in community-based crime are likely to be young, male recidivists who hold prisonized attitudes. Prisoners who are white, prisonized and recidivist reported highest levels of other prisoners' involvement in community-based crime. No age or gender differences delineated prisoners' reports of others' involvement. The results show that incarcerating offenders may not prevent their involvement in community-based offending. Discussion centres on the characteristics of involved prisoners and considers the implications of the results for rehabilitation and penal policy.