SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION AND THEORIES OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS*

After a period of decline in the discipline, the social disorganization model of Shaw and McKay is again beginning to appear in the literature. This paper examines five criticisms of the perspective and discusses recent attempts to address those issues and problems that are still in need of resolution.     

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EMPOWERMENT IN CUSTODY AND VISITATION CASES

This article reports a State Justice Institute funded research project attempting to demonstrate the difference between mediation and evaluation disputes over child custody, and visitation where domestic violence is involved. The researchers attempted to develop samples at two courts—Hennepin County Circuit Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon.     

单克隆抗M、抗N抗体的研制及初步应用

用人血型糖蛋白 A 和人红细胞分别免疫 BALB/C 小鼠。用被免疫的 BALB/C 小鼠脾细胞与 SP2/0骨髓瘤细胞融合,在37℃、5%二氧化碳培养箱中孵育10～15天,然后用 OM 和 ON 型指示红细胞分别检测培养上清液的凝集情况,筛选出能分泌高特异性和高效价抗 M 和抗 N 抗体的细胞株,并建立了 GM_4H3、GM_4H_4、N_2A_3和 N_2D_(10)细胞株。这些细胞株可持续分泌免疫球蛋白 G 类抗 M、抗 N 抗体。应用这些抗体,通过血凝法、解离法和 ELISA 斑点法,可进行血及血痕的 MN 分型。在血型检验中,优于多克隆抗 M、抗N 血清。     

INDIVIDUAL AND COPARENTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIVORCING AND UNMARRIED FATHERS

The current study examines differences in demographic characteristics, parental conflict, and nonresidential father involvement between divorcing and unmarried fathers with young children. Participants were 161 families (36 unmarried) with children aged 0 to 6 years, involved in a larger longitudinal study of separating and divorcing families. Baseline data were gathered from parenting plans, court databases, and parent reports. Results indicated that unmarried fathers were younger, more economically disadvantaged, less well educated, less likely to have their children living with them, and had less influence on decision making. Unmarried fathers reported more conflict regarding their attempts to be involved with their children in their day-to-day activities. Understanding these unique characteristics and dynamics will help to maximize effective services in the legal system for unmarried couples.     

SAFE AND SECURE,HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

By 2015, it is predicted that there will be 25 billion connected products and processes like smart phones, and tablets using eGovernment systems, eHealth systems and law enforcement agencies. This is of grave concern when setting against a projected world population of 7 billion. It illustrates the need for a safe and secure Future Internet （FI） capable of allowing all to communicate without interference from eybercriminals and malicious intruders. Examples of Internet security breaches including the possible misuse of PLC （Programmable Logic Controlled） nationally strategic systems by criminals having gained access via the Internet will be outlined. The development of secure Future Internet protocols （IPV7） in this area will be discussed. Crime and its prevention are multi-million euro industries that are developing rapidly. Biometrics can reduce crime rates by establishing secure banking transactions, improving passport control, enhancing eGovernment activity, increasing the detection and prevention of human trafficing, preventing illicit terrorist activity as well as the development and improvement of policing and forensic crime detection techniques. Case studies of recent developments in the USA where UCLA is collaborating with law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles （LA） using predictive analytic techniques to forecast crime activity will be presented. Linkeages between the use of biometrics and big open data bases in the EU that could mirror the activities in LA will be explored. The possibilities of obtaining funding from Horizon 2020 call to develop these themes, which will improve the safety of EU citizens. This will be outlined. Human and machine activity on the internet would be inherently more secure if biometric access protocols were adopted. This presentation will also give the results of recent research and developments of biometric security systems in the Social Welfare Public Services to combat fraud, waste and duplication. It will discuss current research in the application of bi     

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND YOUTH GANG MEMBERSHIP: SELECTION AND SOCIALIZATION

We examine whether gang membership is associated with higher levels of delinquency because boys predisposed to delinquent activity are more likely than others to join. We use 10 years of longitudinal data from 858 participants of the Pittsburgh Youth Study to identify periods before, during and after gang membership. We build on prior research by controlling for ages and calendar time, by better accounting for gang memberships that occurred before the study began, and by using fixed effects statistical models. We find more evidence than has been found in prior studies that boys who join gangs are more delinquent before entering the gang than those who do not join. Even with such selective differences, however, we replicate research showing that drug selling, drug use, violent behaviors and vandalism of property increase significantly when a youth joins a gang. The delinquency of peers appears to be one mechanism of socialization. These findings are clearest in youth self-reports, but are also evident in reports from parents and teachers on boys' behavior and delinquency. Once we adjust for time trends, we find that the increase in delinquency is temporary, that delinquency falls to pre-gang levels when boys leave gangs.