犯罪圈的大小意味着刑法参与社会治理程度的高低。近年来,我国刑法不断增设新的罪名,降低犯罪门槛,犯罪圈呈现持续扩张的态势。在全面推进依法治国的时代背景下,如何合理厘定犯罪圈?国外主要国家的犯罪圈与我国有何异同?在犯罪圈扩张的过程中,如何协调刑法规制性与谦抑性之间的关系?带着一系列问题,本刊见习记者采访了武汉大学法学院教授何荣功。记者:目前,在我国,犯罪圈呈扩大趋势,原因有哪些?何荣功:犯罪圈的扩大是个形象的称谓,意为 The size of the criminal circle means that criminal law is involved in the level of social governance. In recent years, the criminal law in our country has continuously added new charges and lowered the threshold of crime. The crime circle shows a trend of continuous expansion. How can we reasonably determine the crime circle under the background of pushing forward the rule of law in an all-round way? What are the similarities and differences between the criminal circle in the major foreign countries and our country? How to coordinate the relationship between the regulatory and restraining criminal law in the process of criminal circle expansion? With a series of questions, our reporter interviewed He Ronggong, a professor at Wuhan University Law School. Reporter: At present, criminal circles are expanding in our country. What are the reasons? He Ronggong: The expansion of criminal circles is an image of appellation, meaning