随着我国迈入老龄化社会,老年人口日益增多,老年犯罪人的数量也在不断增加。而老年人犯罪也越来越引起人们的注意,对老年人犯罪刑事责任的规定历来受到人们的重视。本文从老年人犯罪的特征出发,寻求老年人犯罪从宽处罚的理论依据。 As our country enters an aging society, the number of elderly people is on the rise and the number of elderly offenders is also on the rise. The crime of the elderly is also attracting more and more people’s attention. The provisions on the criminal liability of the elderly have always received the attention of people. This article starts from the characteristics of the crime of the elderly and seeks the theoretical basis of the leniency punishment of the elderly.