犯罪预备行为概念界定问题新论

目前学界对于犯罪预备行为概念的界定问题关注较少,对犯罪预备行为是否为犯罪行为必经之阶段等疑难问题仍存有分歧。在对犯罪预备行为进行概念界定时应首先明确,其构成要素至少应包括以下五个方面：（1）阶段性;（2）目的性;（3）指向性;（4）本质性;（5）程度性。据此其概念可重新界定为,犯罪预备行为是指为增大特定犯罪实施的可能性,而在实施犯罪之前进行的对完成犯罪具有实质作用的作为或不作为。

A New Viewpoint on the Definition of Preparation for Prime

At present,the academic world pays only a little attention to the definition of preparation for crime.It still holds differences in some difficult issues,including whether the preparation is a necessary stage of a crime.To define preparation for crime we should know clearly that its elements include at least the following five:(1) gradualness;(2) purposiveness;(3) directivity;(4) essence;(5) degree.Thus,the definition can be redefined as: preparation for crime is the action or inaction performed before a specific crime which is to add the possibility of the crime and has substantial use to implementing the crime.