违反治安管理行为主观方面要件研究

治安管理与群众的人身、财产利益息息相关,关系到社会治安稳定,是构建和谐社会的基础性工作。治安管理法治已成为我国法治建设不可或缺的一个重要方面。从推进治安管理法治建设的层面出发,违反治安管理行为主观方面应限定为故意,表现为故意行为的既遂形态。     

受贿罪法定刑之评析与探讨

1997年刑法对受贿罪的法定刑规定进行了修改 ,但在刑罚种类、内容、犯罪数额、犯罪情节等方面仍有诸多不足。只有通过立法对刑罚种类的增补和限制、对各种影响法定刑的综合情节进行定位 ,才能更有利于打击犯罪。     

财产刑执行情况的调查报告

各地法院财产刑的执行中存在财产刑判处和执行的随意性较大,财产刑执结率低、执行手段单一且缺乏规范性和统一性等问题,而导致这些问题的原因主要在于财产刑执行缺乏明确的法律规定,判罚标准不尽合理以及公安司法机关配合不力。对此,调查报告有针对性地提出设置财产刑诉辩程序以及完善财产刑执行的立法机制等对策,并提出了财产刑执行在现有体制下的工作思路。调查报告还对未成年被告人适用财产刑的问题给予了关注,考虑到未成年被告人作为犯罪主体的特殊性,建议对其有限制地适用财产刑。     

论我国刑法中刑事被害人保护的缺失——兼及检察机关公诉权与刑事被害人保护的利害冲突

刑事被害人在犯罪行为结构中的重要地位表明,刑事被害人在刑事立法和司法中应当得到与其所遭受的犯罪侵害相适应的刑法保护。但是,由于扭曲的犯罪观和群体主义本位价值观的制约,以检察机关的公诉权为代表的公众利益却侵蚀了刑法对刑事被害人的保护。     

The stability of punishment: A follow-up of Blumstein's hypothesis

Because of the intrinsic relativity of social tolerance toward crime, the rate of punishment that a given society inflicts on its criminals is expected to remain relatively constant over the long term, in spite of social changes and increasing or decreasing crime rates. This paper reconstructs the penal behavior of Montreal's criminal justice from 1845 to 1913 and finds that the stability hypothesis, all things considered, works quite well and has much heuristic value. Three problems, somewhat bypassed in the existing literature, are dealt with here: the reliability of penal statistical time series, the direct empirical evidence of stabilization processes, and a rather crude way of measuring prison punishment. It is suggested, furthermore, that the stability hypothesis include in its future argument the impact of increasing policing and that it be confined tentatively to modern western societies.     

Factors that influence death penalty support among university students in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) became an independent nation state in 1992 and abolished the death penalty six years later. Little is known about how Bosnians view the death penalty. This study addresses this gap in the literature. Utilizing self-reported survey data collected from 440 university students enrolled at the University of Sarajevo in 2009, we assess the degree of support for the death penalty and what factors predict this support among university students in BiH. Drawing from the broader punitivity literature, the following correlates are considered: individual characteristics (e.g. age and sex), individual experiences (e.g. fear of crime and prior victimization) and philosophical attitudes pertaining to punishment (e.g. deterrence, retribution, modernity and indifference). Among the students surveyed, roughly half (52.7%) were in support of the death penalty. Results from a series of multivariate statistical analyses reveals that only philosophical attitudes predict death penalty support after controlling for important individual characteristics and experiences. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.     

The Chimera of Proportionality: Institutionalising Limits on Punishment in Contemporary Social and Political Systems

The concept of proportionality has been central to the retributive revival in penal theory, and underlies desert theory's normative and practical commitment to limiting punishment. Theories of punishment combining desert‐based and consequentialist considerations also appeal to proportionality as a limiting condition. In this paper we argue that these claims are founded on an exaggerated idea of what proportionality can offer, and in particular fail properly to consider the institutional conditions needed to foster robust limits on the state's power to punish. The idea that appeals to proportionality as an abstract ideal can help to limit punishment is, we argue, a chimera: what has been thought of as proportionality is not a naturally existing relationship, but a product of political and social construction, cultural meaning‐making, and institution‐building. Drawing on evolutionary psychology and comparative political economy, we argue that philosophers and social scientists need to work together to understand how the appeal of the idea of proportionality can best be realised through substantive institutional frameworks under particular conditions.     

刑事政策视野下我国暂缓起诉制度之构建

暂缓起诉制度具有深厚的法理基础和重要的价值意蕴,虽然学界对我国是否应当建立暂缓起诉制度存在争论,但权衡利弊,我们认为,在我国建立暂缓起诉制度是很有必要的。     

刑罚轻刑化的法律价值与实践路径探析--以宽严相济刑事政策为视角

刑罚轻刑化是人类社会法律制度进一步关注人权和走向文明的体现。在宽严相济刑事政策背景下,笔者通过对刑罚轻刑化的法律价值与我国刑罚轻刑化的现状分析,着重从立法与司法层面将历史上重刑主义与轻刑政策加以比对和研究,以增强轻刑化观点的可信度与可行性,为我国刑罚轻刑化实践路径在制度构建层面夯实理论根基。     

商业贿赂犯罪态势及其惩防体系构建——以江苏为例

当前,商业贿赂作为具有动态意义的新型经济犯罪活动,其触角逐步伸入社会许多行业和领域,并呈现一系列新的特点和发展趋势。从江苏地区近几年查处的情况来看,此类犯罪案件具有重点领域高发、大案要案增多;犯罪主体多变、作案手法隐秘;群体犯罪加剧、期货性质凸显;职务犯罪突出、窝案串案交织等动态特点。同时表现出发案领域拓展、行业特征明显;组织程度提高、侵害对象模糊;关联犯罪增多、社会危害更烈等发展趋势。根据当前商贿犯罪的动态特点及发展趋势,应建构教育、制度、监督并重的防治商贿犯罪长效机制,从源头上防治商腐现象的滋生蔓延。