Due to the imperfection of legislation,there is no clear prescription on the principle of concurrent punishment for different kinds of crimes,which leads to a hated debate on this issue in the theoretical cycle.

The scientific attitude to punishment against freedom is that we should take good advantage of it and surmount disadvantage of it, perfecting short-term punishment against freedom under the circumstance of restriction and alternative, exerting its function of educating and reconstructing criminals.

In China,it is the best choice to adopt administrative detention, punishment against freedom or commonwealth labor instead of criminal fine, if there are no other good ideas.

One of the reform measures during the short-term imprisonment penalty is to improve the treatment in such ways as the weekend imprisonment,quasi-imprisonment,imprisonment at home,or electronic surveillance.

As a kind of imprisonment penalty system,short-term imprisonment penalty is more and more important in the context of lighter punishment.