摘要： 宽严相济刑事政策在我国法律文化上有着深厚的历史渊源，自春秋时期就可以看到其思想萌芽。“宽严相济”在作为刑事政策提出之前，经过镇压与宽大两个政策——镇压与宽大相结合——惩办与宽大相结合的进程。该政策的提出，是构建社会主义和谐社会的需要，也是对“严打”政策进行理性反思的成果。

关键词: 宽严相济 , 刑事政策 , 和谐社会

Abstract: The criminal policy of the combination of strictness and lenience has its own historical origin in our legal culture．and the ideal bud could be found in the Spring and Autumn Period．Before the combination of strictness and lenience Was promoted as a basic criminal police，two polices were taken as the major criminal strategies：the combination of repression and lenience．and the combination of punishment and lenience．The promotion of new policy shows the need of the construction of the socialist harmonious society，and Can be regarded as the achievement of reasonably opposing the policy of Strict Punishment．

Key words: combination of strictness and lenience, criminal police, harmonious policy