期刊论文

Thinking on Imposing Fine on Minor Offenders

中文

湘潭大学学报(哲学社会科学版)

2096-6431

2009

33

2

69-71

10.3969/j.issn.1001-5981.2009.02.014

本校为第一机构

罚金刑适用于未成年人与罚金刑的属性、功能相悖,不符合刑法的谦抑精神。未成年人罚金刑多为其亲属代为承受,其惩罚作用不大,教育功效甚微。从完善的角度看,罚金刑在适用对象上,应排除对不满16周岁未成年人的适用,对已满16周岁的未成年人亦需谨慎适用;同时,明确适用罚金刑的幅度;创设罚金刑易科制度。

According to the general rules of criminal law, punishment for minor offenders should be light or redueed, or fine can be imposed on them instead, while according to the specific provisions of criminal law, imposing fine on them is not considered. Imposing fine on minor offenders is theoretically baseless and impractical, since it is their relatives who are fined, and thus the punishment is neither effeetive nor instructive. In the author＇s view, minor offenders under 16 should not be fined. For those above 16, the punishment should be used ca...