浙江工商大学学报

自1997年《刑法》颁布以来，我国刑法基本走上了轻罪扩张的道路。从刑法立法看，除军人违反职责罪之外，其他9类犯罪中均有轻罪扩张的现象。每一次刑法修改都涉及轻罪扩张，扩张的方式主要有增设新的条文、增设新的条款以及其他方式，扩张的对象主要是相对的轻罪。从司法实践看，近年来轻罪发案率明显提高，占发案率前三位的犯罪基本属于轻罪；相应地，重罪的发案率明显下降。轻罪扩张是进入风险社会的必然现象，是社会管理积极化的必然产物，是弥补重罪治理结构性缺陷的必然选择。轻罪扩张使得立法扩张与司法限缩之间出现了矛盾，对刑法的权威性造成损害，在一定范围内未达到预期的社会效果。轻罪扩张应恪守行刑合理衔接原则，明确刑事处罚与其他法律处罚之间的关系，树立法律有机体观念，坚持实质出罪论。

Since the promulgation ofCriminal Codeof 1997' China's criminal law has basically taken the path of expanding minor crime. In terms of criminal law legislation' except for the crime of military personnel violating duty' there are the phenomena of expanding minor crime in other nine types of crime. Every amendment to criminal law involves expanding minor crime. The ways of expanding crime include adding new provisions' adding new clause and others. The main targets expanded are relative minor crimes. In terms of judicial practice' the incidence rate of minor crime has significantly increased in recent years' and the top three crimes in terms of incidence rate basically belong to minor crimes. Correspondingly' the incidence of serious crimes has significantly decreased. The expansion of minor crime is an inevitable phenomenon in risk society' a product of proactive social management' and a necessary choice to compensate for the structural deficiencies in serious offense governance. The expansion of minor crime has led to a contradiction between legislative expansion and judicial limitation' damaged the authority of criminal law' but failed to achieve intended social effect within a certain range. The expansion of minor crime should strictly follow the principle of reasonable linkage between criminal law and administrative law' clarify relationship between criminal punishment and other legal sanctions' establish the concept of legal organism' and adhere to substantive exculpation theory.