The Predisposition Report,Decision-Making,and Juvenile Court Policy

Abstract With the 1999 approach of the juvenile court's first centennial in this country, it behooves us to pick up the pace of policy reformulation for the entire juvenile justice system. Given the enormity of that task, it would be wise to encourage researchers to begin building a larger, empirical data base to enhance this reformulation. This study contributes to that task by focusing on a key major component, the decision-making process involving factors leading to institutional placement. Over seventy indicators drawn from the case histories of 162 male delinquents were examined. One half of these youths had been sent to a state training school; the other half consisted of a randomly matched sample of noninstitutionalized court referrals. A set of indicators which add insight into this crucial decision and which show promise for increasing court effectiveness is identified. Among other recommendations, the authors advocate reexamining an under-used resource – the mounds of closed juvenile cases, including the predisposition reports, subsequent developments, and outcomes.     

财产刑执行情况的调查报告

各地法院财产刑的执行中存在财产刑判处和执行的随意性较大,财产刑执结率低、执行手段单一且缺乏规范性和统一性等问题,而导致这些问题的原因主要在于财产刑执行缺乏明确的法律规定,判罚标准不尽合理以及公安司法机关配合不力。对此,调查报告有针对性地提出设置财产刑诉辩程序以及完善财产刑执行的立法机制等对策,并提出了财产刑执行在现有体制下的工作思路。调查报告还对未成年被告人适用财产刑的问题给予了关注,考虑到未成年被告人作为犯罪主体的特殊性,建议对其有限制地适用财产刑。     

Gavels in the nursery: an Appellate Court shuts out parents and physicians from care decisions

This article explores a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in a medical malpractice case and its ramifications regarding Wisconsin's informed consent statute. The authors compare and contrast this decision with previous Wisconsin Supreme Court cases and consider the relevance of applicable federal law. The article presents a thoughtful analysis of how the Wisconsin Court of Appeals should have approached the issue, as well as how it created potential conflicts regarding the ethical duties of healthcare providers treating children.     

Mental Health Court Outcomes: A Comparison of Re-Arrest and Re-Arrest Severity Between Mental Health Court and Traditional Court Participants

Mental health courts have been proliferating across the country since their establishment in the late 1990's. Although numerous advocates have proclaimed their merit, only few empirical studies have evaluated their outcomes. This paper evaluates the effect of one mental health court on criminal justice outcomes by examining arrests and offense severity from one year before to one year after entry into the court, and by comparing mental health court participants to comparable traditional criminal court defendants on these measures. Multivariate models support the prediction that mental health courts reduce the number of new arrests and the severity of such re-arrests among mentally ill offenders. Similar analysis of mental health court completers and non-completers supports the prediction that a "full dose" of mental health treatment and court monitoring produce even fewer re-arrests.     

Report on the Work of the Civil College of the USSR Supreme Court

Under the USSR Constitution and the Statute on the USSR Supreme Court, supervision of the judicial activity of the courts of the USSR, and of the courts of the union republics within the limits established by law, is realized by this College, as well as by the USSR Supreme Court as a whole.     

最高人民法院关于修改《最高人民法院关于仲裁司法审查案件报核问题的有关规定》的决定(法释[2021]21号)

根据审判实践需要,经最高人民法院审判委员会第1850次会议决定,对《最高人民法院关于仲裁司法审查案件报核问题的有关规定》作如下修改:一、将第三条修改为:“本规定第二条第二款规定的非涉外涉港澳台仲裁司法审查案件,高级人民法院经审查,拟同意中级人民法院或者专门人民法院以违背社会公共利益为由不予执行或者撤销我国内地仲裁机构的仲裁裁决的,应当向最高人民法院报核,待最高人民法院审核后,方可依最高人民法院的审核意见作出裁定。”     

Mental Health Services for Incarcerated Youth: Report from a Statewide Survey

The need for mental health care has been steadily increasing for youth coming into contact with the juvenile probation system. This paper presents the results of a statewide survey of juvenile probation departments and associated mental health, health care, court, and education personnel in California. The intent of the survey was to better understand the costs and associated contexts of caring for youth with suspected mental disorders in juvenile detention facilities. The burden of caring for these youth on detention facilities and their staffs is substantial. Implications for courts, policy planning, training, and further research are discussed.     

论法院调解制度的价值及完善

阐明法院调解制度的重要价值和作用 ,指出《民事诉讼法》关于调解规定的缺陷及实践中存在的问题 ,并对完善调解制度提出若干建议。