被害人虚假陈述的刑事责任探析

在刑事诉讼中,被害人陈述是一种重要证据。它是追究犯罪的起点,也是认定犯罪嫌疑人、被告人罪与非罪的重要证据来源。但是在司法实践中,被害人由于种种原因,在司法机关向其收集证据时,作出了违背客观事实的虚假陈述,干扰了刑事诉讼的证明进程,妨碍了司法机关的正常活动,有些案件还产生了严重的后果,社会影响很坏。对于此种行为如何定性,无论在我国刑法理论界还是司法实践,亟待达成共识。

Analysis of Criminal Responsibilities of Misrepresentation of the Victim

The testimony of victim is an important evidence in criminal procedure.It is not only the starting point in finding out crimes,but the major source of evidence in identifying the criminal suspect and in deciding crime or non-crime of the accused.In our judicial practice,however,on collecting evidence by the judiciary,the victim,for various reasons,makes false statements to the objective facts,which hinders the activities of the judicial organs and brings about serious consequences in some cases,thus producing very bad influences in the society.No consensus has been reached both among criminal law scholars and in our judicial practice on the nature of false presentation.This paper tries to make some study and exploration on such behaviors.