针对我国近年来刑事犯罪发案率呈逐年增长的趋势,作者认为,重刑化不符合我国预防犯罪的客观需要,有违社会主义法治理念中的公平正义价值取向,轻刑化顺应了当今法治发达国家刑法发展的主要趋势,符合我国刑罚的功能和目的,契合社会主义法治理念关于公平正义的价值追求,有利于构建和谐社会。 Aiming at the trend of increasing criminal offenses in our country in recent years, the author believes that heavy penalization does not conform to the objective needs of crime prevention in our country, which violates the value orientation of fairness and justice in the socialist concept of the rule of law. The main trends in the development of criminal law in developed countries are in line with the functions and purposes of the criminal penalties in our country. In line with the socialist concept of the rule of law, the pursuit of fair and just values ​​is conducive to building a harmonious society.