On The Dong Zhongshu’s Thought Of Criminology

Dong Zhongshu’s criminology theory rooted in the early days of the WesternHan Dynasty. on account of the barbarous punishment of Qin Dynasty along with therecuperate and build up strength during the early Han Dynasty. There is hiding agrave political and economic crisis.Under the complicated sociopolitical context,Dong Zhongshu combined circumstances with criminology based on Confucianismalso get to the heart of the matter as well. Making a profound study of Spring andAutumn.His criminology theory is founded on the God respond to people.Thenexpound and prove in two sides. First of all,God election a emperor for people,sogovernance should be through the act of God,forgiveness of the rule,election someoutstanding official,attaches importance to developing the economy.and to make thelaw under the circumstances.Second,God give the life to people,they have a variety ofcharacter, musted implemented through education. Logically, this is a rigorouscriminology theory. His point of view elaborated from political,economcial,educational,humanistic and juristic angle.In his thought,not only social norm must beobserved by the people and the rulling class,but also a way to the prevention ofcrime.In other words, as long as violate to any respect bring about crime.The schemeof criminology theory embodies his high attainment in criminology theory.By andlarge,there is a complete ideological system and giving rise to far-reaching influencein later ages.Nowadays,we are facing with austere situation.There is a large numberof criminal acts,especially covert activities.It is important to find a method toovercome the difficulty.We can learn something valuable from Dong Zhongshu’scriminology theory.His idea greatly contribute to the development of society.