内容摘要：社区服务刑作为由法庭判决的无偿的非监禁刑刑罚方法，建立在人性理论、效益理论、报应理论、矫正理论及赔偿理论等多种刑罚理论基础之上。其起源于英国，在世界众多国家蓬勃发展。我国尚未将社区服务刑引入刑罚体系。在我国设置社区服务刑可以避免传统刑罚方式的一些弊端，有利于促进犯罪人的再社会化，体现了轻缓化、非刑罚化的刑罚改革趋势，是完善我国刑罚结构的要求，是构建和谐社会的客观需要，是我国刑事司法实践发展的要求。我国社区服务刑制度的构建应当从社区服务刑的立法形式、适用对象、适用条件、期限、场所和内容、执行机构以及对未完成社区服务刑行为的处理方面着手进行。

关键词：社区服务刑 必要性 立法设想

Abstract：Community service penalty punished by the court as unpaid, non-confinement penalty punishment method, based on humanity theory, benefit theory, repay theory, correct theory and compensation theory and so on many kinds of punishment theory foundation. It originated in Britain, .Many countries in the world are booming. Our country has not yet introduced community service penalty into punishment system. In our Settings community service punishment can avoid the disadvantages of traditional penalty methods, and promoting the criminals re-socialization, reflect the penalty reform trend of light mitigation and depenalization, fits our country's punishment mitigation requirements, is the objective need of constructing harmonious social, is the development request of our country’s criminal judicial practice. China's construction of community service penalty shall start with the legislation form, applicable objects, applicable conditions, term, places and content, actuators and how to deal with not completing community service penalty. 

Key words：Community Service, Necessity; Legislation Thoughts