石柱县司法所队伍建设的调查与思考

为进一步强化司法行政基层基础,认真做好基层司法行政机关加强和创新社会管理的各项工作,全面推进我县司法所规范化建设,详细了解基层司法行政干部队伍的现状,为加强我县司法所队伍建设工作提供依据,笔者对石柱县32个司法所的队伍建设情况进行了专题调研。     

真抓实干争创一流司法所

重庆市巴南区南彭司法所紧紧围绕“平安南彭、和谐南彭”建设。根据上级司法行政机关关于加强司法所规范化建设的要求。积极开展了以队伍建设、业务建设和制度建设为主要内容的规范化司法所创建活动，司法所工作呈现出崭新的面貌，基层司法行政职能得到全面发挥。有力地维护了社会稳定。2006年被重庆市司法局第一批命名为“规范化司法所”。他们的主要做法是：     

充分发挥基层司法所在促进发展维护稳定中的重要作用

近两年来,北京市通州区司法局落实司法部、市司法局关于加强基层基础工作指示精神,大力加强基层司法所规范化建设,取得了“基层司法所形象工程”建设的初步成果,为基层司法所更好地发挥职能作用打下了坚实基础,使之真正成为基层司法行政工作的重要支撑。基层司法所受到了基层党委、政府的普遍重视,成为基层广大群众的知心朋友,在促进经济发展、维护稳定中发挥了重要作用。     

加强与改进新时期人民调解工作的思考

人民调解是具有中国特色的社会主义民主法律制度,在维护社会稳定、构建和谐社会、开展平安建设活动中发挥着重要的作用。指导人民调解工作的开展是司法行政机关的法定职责。如何把管理和指导人民调解工作,作为基层司法行政一项基础性工作切实抓紧抓好,事关基层司法所工作全面活跃开展,在维护稳定、服务群众中发挥更大作用的重大命题。     

加强司法所建设 推动“大排查”的深入开展

司法行政工作的基础在基层、重点在基层，而基层工作的重中之重是排查化解矛盾纠纷、维护社会稳定。近几年，我局针对基层司法行政工作比较薄弱的问题，紧紧围绕维护社会稳定这个大局，认真贯彻省厅关于“三大、三提高”的总体思路和关于加强基层司法所建设的５５号文件精神，连续５年开展抓基层打基础的“基层基础工程”和“干警素质工程”。以加强基层司法所建设为契机，深入开展矛盾纠纷大排查活动，实实在在的做好基层基础工作。截至目前，全市１１７个乡镇（街道办事处）全部建立了司法所，规范化达标率８０％；５年来，直接在基层排查…     

基础建设高标准 职能发挥高水平

近年来．山东省滕州市司法局以“基层稳则全局稳、基层活则全局活、基层兴则全局兴”为指导思想，高度重视司法所规范化建设工作，采取强有力的措施。狠抓司法行政队伍、业务、软硬件建设，全面提升司法所规范化建设水平，在服务党委政府中心工作、服务经济发展、维护社会和谐稳定方面发挥了不可替代的重要作用。     

司法所建设是事关司法行政全局的长期战略性任务

4月17日司法部在北京召开了全国司法所建设工作总结表彰电视电话会议。会前,中共中央政治局常委、中央政法委书记周永康亲切会见全国司法所建设工作先进集体和先进个人,并同部分代表座谈。周永康同志提出三点希望：第一,政治上要清醒坚定。第二,工作要尽心尽力。第三,能力水平要不断提高。司法部部长、党组书记吴爱英在会上强调,各级司法行政机关要认真贯彻落实中央关于加强基层基础建设的决策部署，认真学习贯彻周永康同志重要讲话精神，坚持把司法所建设作为一项长期的战略任务，全面加强司法所建设，巩固和强化司法行政基层基础，提高司法行政工作水平，为加强和创新社会管理，促进经济社会发展，维护社会和谐稳定作出新贡献，以优异成绩迎接党的十八大胜利召开。     

基层司法行政机关人力资源配置与利用的思考

正县(市、区)司法局和司法所是司法行政的基层基础,承担着法制宣传、人民调解、法律服务、法律援助、社区矫正、刑满释放人员安置帮教等多项职能,在维护社会稳定、服务经济社会发展中发挥着重要作用。基层稳则全局稳。人力资源是基层司法行政工作创新发展的最活跃和最根本的要素,科学配置、有效利用好基层司法行政机关特别是司法所的人力资源,对于稳定基层司法行政至关重要。笔者对山东省基层司法行政机关的编制配备、人员利用进行了认真调研,发现了存在的问题,也对如何科学合理配置人力资源、     

注重“四个建没”发挥职能作用 不断提高司法所规范化建设水平

近年来．山东省莱西市司法局积极创新工作思路．强化工作措施．推进司法所规范化建设稳步发展．基层司法行政工作在维护社会稳定、促进经济社会发展中发挥了积极作用。     

注重“四个建设” 发挥职能作用 不断提高司法所规范化建设水平

近年来,山东省莱西市司法局积极创新工作思路,强化工作措施,推进司法所规范化建设稳步发展,基层司法行政工作在维护社会稳定、促进经济社会发展     

PTSD,Endophenotypes, the RDoC,and the DSM-5

The search for endophenotypes that stand between genetics and disease has been applied to the diagnostic entity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Advances are being made in understanding the pathway to disorder in PTSD in terms of brain regions, neuronal networks, stress-related systems (e.g., the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis), and their underlying genetic and neurogenetic bases. The latter are affected by gene–environmental interactions and epigenetic effects, and the environment and context reciprocally interrelate with them, as well. Therefore, a primary focus on (neuro)pathophysiological intermediates in the disease pathway, as appears emphasized in the research domain criteria (RDoC) approach to etiology of psychiatric disorder, and to which the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) subscribes, might detract from a more inclusive biopsychosocial approach that would be more applicable in the case of PTSD. The paper undertakes a comprehensive review of the recent literature in the areas of endophenotypes, neurogenetics, epigenetics, neural networks, HPA axis, neuronal networks, pathways, the PTSD five-factor model, allostasis, and the RDoC criteria for psychiatric diagnosis, and then returns to the topic of endophenotypes. Neuronal networks constitute one integrating area that could help in arriving at an appropriate model of PTSD endophenotype. Pathway analysis provides a rich field for discerning individual differences in PTSD development, more so than the static approach of using DSM-5 symptom criteria. A model of endophenotypes is presented, which considers these factors in relation to PTSD. The paper concludes with implications for the DSM-5, for practice and for court, especially that it would be premature to seek individual biomarkers of PTSD given the current state of knowledge, even if it is burgeoning.     

The good, the bad, the ugly, and the Colombian peace plan

Among the many wars thatColombia is fighting, there are two that itis definitely losing – those forgovernment legitimacy and against poverty.Although the country has always shown anearly infinite capacity to turn itselfaround, its traditionally praised democracyshows fresh signs of erosion that lookalmost impossible to reverse. With solidinstitutions no longer standing, theguerrillas, the paramilitary, the corruptjustice system, and the drug producerscontinue to thrive like perennial weeds.Massacres, bombings, kidnappings and thedestruction of infrastructure continue toproduce a devastating effect on theColombian psyche. The good, the bad and theugly mix together in a pitiable realismbetween civil society and state. Theoutcome is poverty, dissatisfaction, andlack of legitimacy and hope.     

Gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS: the what, the why, and the how

The focus of Geeta Rao Gupta's plenary presentation of 12 July 2000 at the XIII International AIDS Conference is on the what, why, and how of gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. Dr Rao Gupta discusses the factors associated with women's vulnerability to HIV; and the ways in which unequal power balance in gender relations increases not only women's, but also men's, vulnerability to HIV-despite, or rather because of, their greater power. She then addresses the question of how one is to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers of gender and sexual inequality. How can we change the cultural norms that create damaging, even fatal, gender disparities and roles? According to Dr Rao Gupta, an important first step is to recognize, understand, and publicly discuss the ways in which the power imbalance in gender and sexuality fuels the epidemic. She provides examples of sensitive, transformative, and empowering approaches to gender and sexuality and concludes that, in the final analysis, reducing the imbalance in power between women and men requires policies that are designed to empower women--policies that aim to decrease the gender gap in education, improve women's access to economic resources, increase women's political participation, and protect women from violence.     

Punishing the Awkward, the Stupid, the Weak, and the Selfish: The Culpability of Negligence

Negligence is a problematic basis for being morally blamed and punished for having caused some harm, because in such cases there is no choice to cause or allow—or risk causing or allowing—such harm to occur. The standard theories as to why inadvertent risk creation can be blameworthy despite the lack of culpable choice are that in such cases there is blame for: (1) an unexercised capacity to have adverted to the risk; (2) a defect in character explaining why one did not advert to the risk; (3) culpably acquiring or failing to rid oneself of these defects of character at some earlier time; (4) flawed use of those practical reasoning capacities that make one the person one is; or (5) chosen violation of per se rules about known precautions. Although each of these five theories can justify blame in some cases of negligence, none can justify blame in all cases intuitively thought to be cases of negligence, nor can any of these five theories show why inadvertent creation of an unreasonable risk, pure and simple, can be blameworthy.     

The Teamsters, the White House, the Labor Department

This paper examines the instrumental networks established between organized criminals and national politicians. Its major focus centers on the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Department of Labor, and the Reagan Administration. We explore the organized crime influence that affected President Reagan's selection of Raymond Donovan as Secretary of Labor. The choice of Donovan resulted in several related investigations into Donovan's association with organized criminals primarily in the construction industry in New Jersey and New York. We explain and critique the investigations thereby establishing the instrumental quality of the networks and the politics of law enforcement. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.