Study On The Cult Crimes

Cult is a universal problem. This thesis starts with global cognition of cult and studies its legal concept, constitutions and legal characteristics. It illustrates the damage of cult crimes and analyses the profound historical, cultural and social background of cult formation in our nation and further demonstrate the reason for it. The main reason for the spread of cult in terms of the superstition generated in feudal society, the impact of social reform after reform and opening-up and the lack of regulation of relevant sectors and legal norms. This determines cult will continue to exist in our nation and its activities will be a long term, repeating and complicated phenomenon. With the change of situation in recent years, cult crime activities have exhibit some new characteristics, which have gone under instead of publicity and become more invisible. The ways of crime is diversify which tend to be high-tech and intelligentize. In addition, more and more cult crimes are committed through internet. Moreover, cult crime activities have present following tendency:more accurate political target, collude with political force and becoming the tool for anti-China activities, younger and educated membership and constantly entering into rural area. The treatment of cult crime activities is a serious problem for our government; several obstacles still exist during the process of combating cult crimes, including insufficiency of Applicable Law, the relevant legal system is not systematic and complete, the emergency requirement for legislation and perfection of the subject and process recognition of cult crimes and etc. Moreover, during the practice of preventing cult crime, some problems also occurred:such as the strengthened consciousness of anti-investigation of cult crimes. Difficulties in interrogate, taking evidence, cracking down and handling. The publicity of anti-cult crime law is ineffective and the public legal awareness of combating cult crimes is weak. Under such circumstances of globalized cult crimes and contrapose the new characteristics of cult crimes, it is essential to strengthen the legislation of anti-cult law, implement the legislation of cult crimes in economic and cultural section, establish a complete anti-cult legal system, make anti-cult publicity and arose people's legal awareness. Therefore it is necessary to combat cult crimes and proposing measures for anti-cult crimes proceed from the investigation of public security organs. Strength the information collection, comprehend cult crime tendency, reinforce the detection of specified cases, and fight against cult crimes, strengthen multi police coordination and basic prevention. Focus on the interrogate skills and enlarge victory. International communication and coordination and also needed to fight against the globalized cult crimes. This paper finally discusses some important principles in combating cult crimes with practical judicial experiences:namely, laying equal stress on combating, education, respecting human rights and understates treatments. Stick to the principle of combating minority and educate majority and combined legal approach with other methods. The anti-cult crime is a long term struggle which needs both temporary and permanent solutions while focusing on prevention. It requires overall social strength from the perspectives of political, cultural and social to solve cult crime problems fundamentally and comprehensively by adoption of legal and administrative methods, strengthening legal promulgation, education and technical popularity, ensuring people's livelihood and maintaining social security and stability.