【摘要】 美国的缓起诉制度产生于20世纪中期,主要适用于青少年犯罪,以使其免受犯罪污名。1992年,美国司法部在所罗门兄弟公司证券诈骗案中首次与被告签订缓起诉协议,开创了适用缓起诉协议打击企业犯罪的先河。由于缓起诉制度有利于防止企业破产、工人失业等社会问题,社会效果显著,美国检察官与企业达成的缓起诉协议日渐增多。缓起诉协议通常包括交纳罚金、上缴犯罪所得、认罪、提交证据、协助调查、改善内部管理、加强外部监督和特别给付等内容。更多还原

【Abstract】 Deferred prosecution began in the early 1990 s as a way to handle juveniles without stigmatizing them for life as criminals. It was only associated with individuals and not applied to companies at the beginning. The 1990’s saw a key change of deferred prosecution: corporate deferred prosecution were gradually increased due to its more positive social effects. Besides the provision of paying penalty and surrendering the proceeds of crime,the deferred prosecution agreement generally contains the contents concerning confessing to crime,delivering evidence,cooperating with the investigation,improving corporate governance,external oversight,etc.更多还原