Identifying deviant sexual interest in a sex offender sample using dual-target rapid serial visual presentation task

To investigate the dual-target rapid serial visual presentation (dtRSVP) task as a measure of deviant sexual interest (i.e. a sexual interest in children), we administered a dtRSVP with gender- and age-specific pictorial stimuli to child sex offenders (n = 69), other sex offenders (n = 43), non-sex offenders (n = 14), and community controls (n = 88). We hypothesized that (1) stimuli belonging to the preferred gender and age group presented as targets (both T1 and the subsequent T2) in the serial sequence would be more accurately detected than non-preferred stimuli and that (2) this increased detection would reduce the detection of targets later in the serial sequence (T2) due to an attentional blink. Our findings supported hypothesis 1 and partly supported hypothesis 2. Although we found group differences, individual indices based on detection rates did not allow for individual-level diagnostic categorization of participants.     

Psychological Empowerment and the Pursuit of Social Change: Outcomes of Foster Youth Engagement

Youth aging out of foster care are assumed to embody a disempowered group, for whom civic engagement opportunities are rare. Utilizing a targeted initiative, this study explores individual- and community-level outcomes derived from foster youth civic engagement. Data were collected via: (a) interview and survey research with foster youth advisory board leaders; (b) interview and survey research with civic youth workers; and, (c) non-participant observation of five foster youth advisory board meetings. Directed content analysis revealed three emergent themes, which transcended the data inductively (Opportunity through Access; Positive Conceptions of New Jersey's Department of Children and Families; and, Participatory Competence). These themes support and extend our current understanding of empowering outcomes for this population. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.     

中国古代侦查谋略探源

中国古代侦查谋略极为发达,主要原因有三个方面:一是古典哲学的产生为侦查谋略的发展奠定了理论基础;二是权谋之争和频繁的战争为侦查谋略的运用提供了实践基础;三是后人对前代的学习与继承是侦查谋略发展的力量之源.     

论古希腊的中庸精神

在古希腊,以“不要过度”为基本特征的中庸精神在日常生活以及哲学和文学中有着广泛的体现。这一精神至亚里士多德时发展成为具有伦理学、政治学和方法论意义的系统的“中道”思想。古希腊的中庸精神反映了人类早期求“中”、求“和”的共同思维倾向。     

人类学视野下的汉族民间巫术研究——以宁夏南部汉族的“送病消灾”巫术为例

巫术作为民间信仰的一个重要组成部分,在我国的一些乡村社会中仍然普遍存在,并且影响着人们的日常生活、价值观念和思维方式。普遍存在于宁夏南部乡村社会的“送病消灾”就是如此,它是当地乡村文化的主要组成部分。以人类学的研究视角来看,这种民间巫术是人鬼之间、人神之间沟通的主要渠道,具有深刻的文化内涵。     

日本“不登校”研究对我国城市辍学研究的启示

辍学作为世界范围内的教育病理现象之一,已经引起各国的广泛关注。目前我国尤其是城市地区出现由非经济原因引起的辍学现象。日本自20世纪50年代开始就出现此类现象,并已形成较系统的学生"不登校"理论和实践体系。本文对日本的不登校研究和我国的城市辍学研究做了比较和分析,并从概念、理论、实践和理念四个角度,探讨了日本"不登校"研究对我国城市辍学研究的借鉴意义和启示。     

Rethinking ‘Crowding Out’ and the Return of ‘Private Affluence and Public Squalor’

This article traces the history of ‘crowding out’, and its use as a justification for austerity and state deflation from its origins in the 1920s to its latest post-2010 incarnation. It examines why governments have kept turning to austerity and continue to justify it on the grounds that public sector activity crowds out more productive private activity, despite the accumulated evidence that this traditional pro-market formulation has failed to deliver its stated goals. It examines three other embedded forms of crowding out that have been highly damaging—leading to weakened social resilience and more fragile economies—but which have been ignored by both governments and mainstream political economists.     

蚂蚁花呗套现行为之刑法评价 ——以解构冒用他人账号进行套现为切入

随着互联网金融的发展,花呗等类似信用卡的透支工具出现在人们的消费方式中,以花呗套现为代表的新型套现方式也成为问题。司法实践中,围绕冒用他人支付宝账户进行花呗套现行为应如何认定的问题争论不休,有观点主张按传统信用卡诈骗罪处理,亦有观点则认为不应将花呗产品认定为信用卡,其更符合盗窃、诈骗罪的犯罪构成,还有观点认为可将花呗套现行为解释为非法经营罪进行规制。逐一分析上述观点,结合花呗套现自身特点,在恪守罪刑法定原则的前提下,可以找到对于该种行为的合理规制。     

适应监狱"三化"建设创新狱政管理工作(下)

推行"三化"建设,确立中国监狱科学的发展观.针对传统狱政管理与"三化"建设存在的诸多不相适应性,必须着力构建狱政管理新机制,实现中国监狱狱政管理由传统向现代转型.     

盗窃罪中的法律拟制问题研究——以《刑法修正案（八）》第39条的规定为视角

我国刑法中存在不少法律拟制规定,其出现的根本缘由在于立法者通过影响刑法规范来贯彻某种能够满足社会特定需要的政策和意图。将特殊盗窃归为盗窃罪的牵强与异常,以及立法者基于某种社会特定需要将严厉惩治和打击盗窃行为的政策和意图注入刑法使得特殊盗窃犯罪化等,正是《刑法修正案（八）》第39条对特殊盗窃行为的定性中存在法律拟制的根据所在。然而,法律拟制天生存在着不合理性与不公正性,如忽视了刑法的人权保障机能、有悖于实质正义与主客观相一致的原则等,因此,必须在罪刑法定原则的界域内对修正案规定的特殊盗窃进行严格的解释或限定。