刑讯逼供是刑事诉讼过程中司法工作人员对犯罪嫌疑人、被告人采用肉刑、变相肉刑或精神折磨的方法获取口供的行为。该种行为已为我国现行法律明文禁止,但在司法实践中刑讯逼供仍相当程度地存在。鉴于此,笔者试图通过研究分析刑讯逼供存在的成因及对社会所造成的危害谈一下自己的看法。 Extorting a confession by torture is the act of obtaining judicial confession by a judicial staff member in criminal proceedings against a criminal suspect or a defendant by adopting the methods of corporal punishment, disgraceful punishment or mental torture. Such acts have been expressly prohibited in our country’s current law, but torture in judicial practice still exists to a considerable extent. In view of this, I try to talk about my own views by studying the causes of the existence of torture and the harm caused to society.