Safe at home? Policing the U.S. hometown in a post 9/11 environment

Despite the prominence of terrorism concerns on the national agenda, three areas of public policy pose more significant challenges for local law enforcement in the United States: illegal gun proliferation and distribution; offender incarceration and re-entry paths; and investments in the lives of children. This paper argues that the current direction of public policy in these latter areas should be a primary concern, because these policies not only impact law enforcement in a negative way, but also threaten the strength and vitality of the communities law enforcement is trying to serve. Moreover, the dangers posed by these policies are far more calculable, more likely and more destructive over the long run than those posited for more extreme, though less-likely threats, to which the U.S., as a nation, is committing enormous sums of money, for seemingly incremental, public safety benefits. The role of law enforcement executives is critical to how these issues will be addressed.     

Conservative Shift among Liberals and Conservatives Following 9/11/01

Political orientation and political attitudes were measured in two independent adult samples. One sample was taken several months before the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01; the other, shortly after. Liberal and conservative participants alike reported more conservative attitudes following 9/11/01 than before. This conservative shift was strongest on two items with the greatest relevance to 9/11/01: George W. Bush and Increasing Military Spending. Marginally significant conservative shifts were observed on two other items (Conservatives, Socialized Medicine), and the direction of change on eight of eight items was in a conservative direction. These results provide support for the motivated social cognition model of conservatism (Jost et al., 2003) over predictions derived from terror management theory (e.g., Greenberg et al., 1992).     

后9·11时代美国海运安全法的新发展

9·11事件发生后,美国海运安全法进行了全面的革新.针对这次革新,文章分析集装箱安全指导计划、关贸合作反恐计划及新的海上运输安全法的主要内容,论述这些安全措施在施行中的利弊,即这些安全措施虽然在一定程度上改善了美国海运业的安全状况,但也对其他国家的港口和对航运业的流转速度造成一些不利影响,进而提出只有在实践中不断总结和反思才能建立科学完善的海运安全制度.     

后9·11时代美国海运安全法的新发展

9.11事件发生后,美国海运安全法进行了全面的革新。针对这次革新,文章分析集装箱安全指导计划、关贸合作反恐计划及新的海上运输安全法的主要内容,论述这些安全措施在施行中的利弊,即这些安全措施虽然在一定程度上改善了美国海运业的安全状况,但也对其他国家的港口和对航运业的流转速度造成一些不利影响,进而提出只有在实践中不断总结和反思才能建立科学完善的海运安全制度。