如果说“生存还是灭亡”是四百年前让莎翁笔下的哈姆雷特备感困惑的一个社会问题;那么“监禁还是释放”就是四百年后困扰各国司法当局的一个社会问题,更是事关未来司法制度走向的重大课题。一般认为,1876美国纽约州制定了世界上第一部有关社区矫正制度的法律,而真正意义上的现代社 If we say that “survival or death” is a social problem that has shambles Hamlet’s writing by Shakespeare four hundred years ago, then “imprisonment or release” is a social problem that plagued judicial authorities in various countries after four hundred years. It is also a major issue concerning the future direction of the judicial system. It is generally believed that New York State, 1876, formulated the first law in the world on community correction systems. In the true sense of modern society