“坦白”一词进入法律的视野最早见之于1982年全国人大常委会颁布的《关于严惩严重破坏经济的罪犯的决定》,即“凡在1982年5月1日以前对所犯的罪行继续隐瞒拒不投案自首,或者拒不坦白承认本人的全部罪行,亦不检举其他犯罪人员的犯罪事实的,作为继续犯罪,一律按本决定处理。”从内容上考察,这部单行刑法并没有明确将“坦白” “Confession ” entered the legal field of vision first seen in 1982, the NPC Standing Committee promulgated the “Seriously punish the criminal serious destruction of the economy’s decision,” that “in May 1, 1982 before the commit Of the crimes continue to be concealed from refusing to surrender, or refuse to confess all of their crimes, nor prosecuting the facts of the crimes committed by other criminals, as a continuation of crime, they shall all be handled according to this decision. ”“ From the point of view of content, this single bank Criminal law did not explicitly ”honestly"