论“放小”的刑事政策

刑罚并非万能，而是有其局限和天然的流弊。刑罚的目的、功能以及成本决定了刑罚的使用应是谨慎的、谦抑的，有边界的，尤其是对于轻微的刑事犯罪、无被害人犯罪、偶发犯等更是如此。基于对刑罚的限度与局限的认识，刑事政策上，在“抓大”的同时，我们还必须“放小”，即对于不需台或矫治有可能的犯罪／犯罪人实行宽松的刑事政策，即非犯罪化、非刑罚化与非机构化的“放小”的刑事政策。

On the Less Stringent Criminal Policy

Penalty has its own limits which are determined by its defects,purposes,functions and costs.Thus the application of penalty should be prudent,and it is even more the case when it comes to minor criminal offenders,victimless crimes and chance offenders.Consequently,a two opposing extreme criminal policy should be adopted,which is stringent with the hard core offenders and less rigid about the correctable offenders.