The Will to Change: Lessons from Canada's Successful Decarceration of Youth

In 1997, Canada's youth custodial facilities held 3825 sentenced youths. Eighteen years later, this number was 527—an 86 percent reduction. Overall youth imprisonment (sentenced + pretrial detention) decreased by approximately 73 percent. This paper uses Canada's successful decarceration of youths to understand what might be learned about decarceration more broadly. By examining the reforms that transpired in Canada's treatment of young offenders since the 1960s and the political/cultural shifts that occurred since the 1990s, we demonstrate that the decline resulted from changes occurring in various parts of the system. Finally, we contrast this decarceration with more than 60 years of relative stability of Canadian adult imprisonment rates as well as Canada's failure to substantially decrease youth pretrial detention in order to identify those factors seemingly necessary to reduce imprisonment more generally.     

论西周监狱管理制度及其启示

在西周监狱管理中 ,形成了囚系制、圜土制和嘉石制等三大制度 ,展现了一个东方文明古国狱制的标本。西周监管制度的建立 ,是奴隶制政治、经济发展的产物 ,是西周统治者实施“明德慎罚”狱政思想的结果 ,是西周社会文明及进步的重要表现 ,同时也体现了西周奴隶制狱制的先进性。     

Revisiting the Special Sensitivity Hypothesis: The Prison Experience of White-Collar Inmates

Despite recent increases in the use of incarceration for white-collar offenders, little is known about the prison experiences of these individuals or how they adjust to imprisonment. Although empirical evidence is lacking, a widespread view has prevailed that white-collar offenders have a “special sensitivity” to imprisonment—that they experience more pains and cope less well within the society of captives. Based on a sample of 366 federal prison inmates, we assessed the special sensitivity hypothesis. The analyses revealed that white-collar inmates are not more likely to experience negative prison adjustment. In some regards, white-collar inmates had fewer institutional problems and were more likely to cope with prison life successfully. Results thus call into question the merits of the special sensitivity hypothesis and are consistent with the view expressed earlier by Michael Benson and Francis Cullen that white-collar offenders may possess attributes and resources sufficient for their successful adaptation to life in prison.     

Determination of Habitual Residence in Chinese Private International Law: Lessons from Extraterritorial Experience

Netherlands International Law Review - In the 2010 Chinese PIL, habitual residence was recognised as a primary connecting factor of lex personalis, and the law of habitual residence has also become...     

Cyber-trespass and 'Unauthorized Access' as Legal Mechanisms of Access Control: Lessons from the US Experience

The common law doctrine of trespass to chattels has recentlybeen revived and applied by courts in the United States (US)to cover intrusions (in the form of electronic signals) to computersystems connected to the Internet. These cases represent judicialrecognition of the need to protect certain unwanted intrusionsin cyberspace, though the principles developed therewith areremarkably expansive. As such, they overlap with the conceptof ‘unauthorized access’ under computer misuse legislationin the US and elsewhere. This overlap has yet to be judiciallyacknowledged. Since the US, the United Kingdom and other commonlaw countries not only share a common law ancestry but also‘unauthorized access’ principles as the primarytrigger for computer misuse, this paper seeks to examine theconsequences of developing a broad cyber-trespass doctrine beyondthe US, and its corresponding implications for judicial interpretationsof ‘unauthorized access’ in the common law world.     

监狱职能纯化视角下警力资源的科学配置

监狱警力资源配置是一个内涵十分丰富的课题,其目的是通过各种途径和手段,合理调整警力资源的地域、部门分布和结构,力求合理化、科学化,从而形成一个高效率的工作系统,既使监狱民警群体取得最佳组合效应,又使每位民警个体的潜力得到有效开发。随着监狱体制改革的不断深化,监狱     

Living ``Off-Stage': The Semiotic Potential of Narrative in Paula Johnson's inner lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique -     

山东省鲁南监狱文化建设的实践与思考

近年来,山东省鲁南监狱在文化建设方面进行了有益的探索,取得了一定的经验,并对如何进一步推进监狱文化建设事业的发展进行了积极的思考。一、对监狱文化建设重要性的认识开展文化建设工作,必须首先认识到文化建设工作的重要性。文化作为一种软实力,但并不是“虚”实力,文化建设不是可有可无的工作,发挥的作用更是其它工作无法替代的。(一)文化建设的重要性。文化是一种伟大的力量。当今时代,文化的形式不断创新,内容更加丰富,吸引力、影响力也越来越强,国家之间、企业之间的竞争,早已上升到文化的竞争。党的十六大指出:“当今世界,文化与经…     

Women in Prison in Spain: The Implementation of Bangkok Rules to the Spanish Prison Legislation

This paper aims to take a close look at the reality of female crime in Spain. On the one hand, we will focus on describing the current situation of women incarcerated in Spanish prisons, an especially vulnerable group given their peculiarities and needs. Through secondary sources, we describe the situation of discrimination against women in these prisons. On the other hand, the paper establishes whether the current Spanish prison legislation echoes all or some of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures of Freedom for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules, 2010). To this end, a detailed analysis of both standards, national and international, is essential. As a general conclusion, although Spain has high standard prison regulations and modern facilities, female prisoners in Spanish prison are subject to discrimination. It is from such a perspective that this article proposes that the necessary changes and appropriate penitentiary policies to meet the specific needs of female prisoners are established.     

监狱体制改革视角下的监狱系统管理工作初探

理念是行动的先导。管理理念对管理活动有重大影响，有什么样的管理理念就有什么样的管理方向、管理举措和管理效能。确立监狱管理理念，提高行政效能，对贯彻落实科学发展观，推进监狱体制改革，实践社会主义法治理念，推进监狱系统依法行政、依法管理、依法治监，具有重要意义。