小偷偷东西,失主发现后奋起直追,致使小偷意外跌倒,不治身亡,追赶者是否应当承担刑事责任。认定其是否构成犯罪的关键在于判断行为人是构成意外事件还是构成过失犯罪。意外事件和过失犯罪二者的法律性质,在特定情况下不容易界定,本文以2016年发生的一起失主追小偷致死案件为切入点,通过深度剖析过失犯罪和意外事件,比较二者的异同点。 Small thief steal things, the owner found the catches up, resulting in the thief accidental fall, died, chaser should bear the criminal responsibility. The key to determining whether it constitutes a crime is to determine whether the actor constitutes an accident or constitutes a crime of negligence. The legal nature of the accident and the crime of negligence can not be easily defined under certain circumstances. Based on the analysis of a case of a lost owner chasing after the thief who died in 2016, this article compares the similarities and differences between the two by analyzing the crime of negligence and accidents continually .