犯罪学产生一百余年来,在理论上取得了长足的进步,并在司法实践中发挥了重要作用。它在研究犯罪产生、发展、变化的原因及其规律、探求预防、减少乃至消灭犯罪之途径方面的特殊功能,为世人所瞩目。但是任何一门社会学科都不是平地而起,而有其丰富的思想资料作基础。对于西方古代的犯罪学思想,学者们多有论及,相形之下,中国古代的犯罪学思想尚发掘不足。本文仅对先秦两汉犯罪学思想作些探讨。 Criminology has made great strides in theory over the past hundred years and has played an important role in judicial practice. It has attracted worldwide attention for its special functions of studying the causes, laws and regulations of the emergence, development and changes of crime, and exploring ways to prevent, reduce or even eliminate crime. But none of the social sciences is built on the horizon and has its rich source of thought as its foundation. For ancient Western criminology, many scholars have discussed, in contrast, the ancient criminological thinking still underemployment. This article only discusses the thoughts of criminology in Pre-Qin, Han and Han Dynasties.