Ancient Chinese Criminal Investigation System Characteristics

Chinese ancient criminal detection system which belongs to a part of ancient criminal law system,is a special area. Although it has no ready-made systems, included in the judicial system, the predecessors have made one after another brilliant achievements in this area and have formed many theoretical strategies, methods and principles which still have the instruction and the model significance to reality detection practice. Our modern criminal detection system has some drawbacks. After several reformations, the problems have not been completely resolved in the practice of the investigation. Apart from the needs to further improve the legal system and the quality of the investigation people, the important reason is from the roots, that is to say, the history reason. Some problems in the modern detection system are the continued questions of the history .This paper will pack up the contents of Ancient Chinese criminal detection system, Induce the characteristic of the Chinese ancient criminal detection system, Analyzes the reason of these characteristics, and reconsider the serious influence of these characteristics on the modern criminal detection system.. We expect the reasonable ideas and methods in the Chinese ancient criminal detection system will give a reference to consummate the modern criminal detection system.