The implementation of case formulation by probation officers: service user and carer views

Background: The recent UK Government strategy on high-risk offenders with personality disorders (PD) proposes improved identification of this group, assessment of their treatment needs through case formulation (CF) and the subsequent provision of treatment pathways. Little is known about service user and carer views on this strategy. Aims/Hypotheses: This study sought to identify the views of personality-disordered (PD) offenders and carers on the proposed role of Probation staff in CF. Methods: Three focus groups were carried out, two with service users and one with carers, with a total of 10 participants overall. Results: Five themes emerged: ‘power’, ‘conflicting roles’, ‘trust’, ‘building a relationship through consistency of care’ and ‘hope and possibility’. Conclusions/Practical implications: Offenders and carers were sceptical regarding the proposed role of Offender Manager (OMs) in CF and this could pose a potential barrier to the successful implementation of the strategy.     

刑事审讯的程序违法性透析——以刑事错案的成因为视角

程序性违法是刑事错案产生的重要原因之一。刑事审讯作为公安机关侦查办案中获取犯罪嫌疑人言词证据的重要方法和手段，受到公安机关和办案人员的高度重视。在“口供至上”的刑事办案理念的影响下，为了获取侦查破案的所谓“关键”证据，办案人员在刑事审讯时不惜违反程序法的相关规定。通过对刑事错案成因的考察可知，在刑事审讯过程中，较为典型的程序违法行为有：讯问地点违法、超期羁押、自创程序、假借合法程序名义非法讯问等等。强化办案人员的程序法定理念、确保刑事审讯的程序合法是预防刑事错案的良策之一。     

民事申请再审案件受理程序规范化改造

2007年民事诉讼法修订以来,关于再审程序划分的“三阶构说”日渐占据民事诉讼学界的主导地位.应从“三阶构说”的理论基础出发,结合现有法律规定,深入研究并完善民事申请再审案件受理程序具体内容,并针对其中若干疑难问题展开讨论,提出进一步完善申请再审案件受理程序的理论方向和具体构想,力求建立起更加完善、更具有操作性的民事申请再审案件受理程序.     

视频侦查技术工作的现状和思考

视频侦查技术是继刑侦、技侦、网侦之后的第四大侦查技术,给公安工作带来了新的破案技术支撑和增长点.视频侦查技术是强化社会治安控制的有效手段,对提高侦查机关打击犯罪的效能具有重大意义.尽快将这一新兴的侦查技术广泛应用到公安实战,发挥其巨大作用,是当前研究的重点.     

Integration of the Family Therapy Specialist into Public School Pupil Personnel Services

SUMMARY

The integration of a full-time family counseling specialist into the Pupil Personnel Service (PPS) Team of the modern public school is described. The roles of the present specialists are delineated as well as the problems inherent within the present Pupil Personnel Services Team. Inclusion of a family counseling specialist on the PPS Team would help schools avoid the antagonist position they find themselves in when a family opposes their suggestions and interventions. In such cases, the PPS Team attempts to wrest control of the case from the parents which subjugates the family, limiting the family's inherent resilience and strength. The family comes to resent the PPS Team, seeing them as blameful and controlling. Conversely, the PPS Team comes to resent the family, claiming it is “dysfunctional” in some way and using diagnostic labels to satisfy themselves that their “expert” actions are justified. This antagonist position in the schools arises more out of fear of litigation than good case management. We propose a new integration of family system and school system. Creation of a family counseling specialist who is highly trained in systems, narrative and structural/strategic family therapy could ameliorate this antagonist problem. Numerous functions for such a new specialty are listed as well as suggestions for including this member into PPS Team work.     

笔迹鉴定中的漏笔画现象浅析

笔迹从其实质来看,是笔迹书写人书写技能和书写动作习惯的反映。笔迹鉴定结论正是笔迹鉴定人通过笔迹特征来认识书写人的书写技能和书写动作习惯,经过综合评断而给出的检材与样本是否同一的推断性意见。当检材或样本笔迹中出现漏笔画现象时,其是否可以反映书写人的书写动作习惯将直接影响笔迹鉴定人对笔迹书写人书写动作习惯的认识,进而影响鉴定结论的科学性。因此,正确地认识笔迹鉴定中的漏笔画现象,了解其产生的原因,将对笔迹鉴定具有重要的指导意义。     

中国语境下的媒介审判———以程序正义为视角简

媒体介入刑事审判更多地是对审判独立形成了一种干预,社会舆论的日益自由化和一定程度的不可控性,极易引起党政机关领导及国家司法行政机关的关注,转而对法官依照事实和法律独立地形成心证作出裁断产生干扰.但不可否认的是,媒介审判以其刚性的表征客观上也起到了其本质上监督审判运行的作用,对于现阶段完善我国的审判监督机制具有着某种意义上的积极作用.     

刑事案件笔迹鉴定样本收集规范探析

刑事案件侦破、审理过程中，往往需要通过笔迹鉴定对专门性问题作出鉴别与判断。刑事案件侦破、审判过程进行笔迹鉴定时，必须重视规范收集符合鉴定要求的样本材料。司法实践中，由于委托机关中的具体办案人员往往不具备文检专业知识，收集程序、方法不甚规范，无法有效保证样本材料的质量，从而导致样本材料不符合鉴定要求，最终影响到鉴定意见的准确性、可靠性。规范笔迹样本的收集工作，能够使之符合鉴定实践的要求，有利于保证鉴定意见的合法性、准确性以及可靠性。     

效益最优视角下的我国视频侦查工作进路——基于周克华案、波士顿马拉松爆炸案、伦敦地铁爆炸案的比较研究

我国视频侦查工作的实施状况包括投入与效果两个层面。周克华案、波士顿马拉松爆炸案、伦敦地铁爆炸案中的案件基本参数状况、资源投入状况与收益状况是评价视频侦查工作实施状况的具体指标。视频侦查工作效益最优是指在视频侦查资源成本投入一定的情况下实现侦查效益的最大化。视频侦查工作效益最优的经济学模型包括理想与现实状态两种函数。视频侦查工作的效益最优还应当兼顾法学与社会学领域的内容。效益最优视角下的我国视频侦查工作进路是一种体系化的工作形式,由原理、硬件、人员与机制四个层面的内容组成。     

刑事错案纠正的偶然性

我国设置审判监督程序的目的在于尽可能及时、有效地发现、纠正错案,弱化错案的消极影响,然而事实证明,依靠申诉启动再审程序的结构性缺陷、司法机关自主纠错的动力受限、司法人员主动纠错的内在症结导致审判监督程序四种救济途径在纠错方面的整体性失灵,引发错案纠正呈现为一种偶然性的现实,违背立法对审判监督程序的价值期待。