The main content of the principle of "education first, supplemented by punishment" means that the judicial organs should fully consider the unique age characteristics and physiological and psychological characteristics of minors when handling criminal cases of minors, and educate minors in a targeted manner in the process of handling cases, so as to achieve the purpose of "probation education".

The so-called "additional punishment" does not mean no punishment, but the purpose of punishment is to let juvenile offenders learn a lesson and turn over a new leaf. Punishment is only an auxiliary means, and education is the fundamental purpose.

Education in a narrow sense refers to specially organized school education; Broadly speaking, it refers to social practice activities that affect people's physical and mental development. The word "education" comes from Mencius' "cultivating talents in the world" Latin educare is the source of the word "education" in the west, which means "education".

Introduction to education

Education is also a kind of thinking teaching, and people have another thinking tendency because of their own ideology. Therefore, education should educate people with the most objective and fair thinking, so that people's thinking will not be too biased, and gradually mature and rational because of the richness of thinking, so as to move towards the most rational self and have the most correct thinking cognition. This is the foundation of education.