Voraussetzungen einer Vorverurteilung nach § 28a Abs 1 SMG

Enth?lt ein nach früherer Rechtslage (§ 12 SGG) ergangenes Urteil keine Feststellungen zum Reinheitsgrad der seinerzeit manipulierten Suchtgiftmenge, bedarf es zur abschlie?enden Beurteilung der Qualifikation des § 28a Abs 2 Z 1 SMG origin?rer, die damalige Aktenlage würdigender Tatsachenfeststellungen.     

On the Psychology of the Advantaged: How People React to Being Overpaid

Based on the idea that overpaid people are in conflict between hedonic principles (i.e., what makes them pleased) and what they believe to be right, two studies tested the hypothesis that it should be relatively difficult for people to make satisfaction judgments regarding outcomes in which they are being advantaged. In line with this hypothesis, Study 1 demonstrated that response latencies of satisfaction judgments were longer when participants were being overpaid, compared to when they were underpaid or equally paid. Study 2 extended these findings by demonstrating that people required more time to make satisfaction judgments when they were overpaid in the context of a close relationship (i.e., in which the conflict between hedonic and concerns for the other’s need should be stronger) than when overpaid in the context of a non-close relationship. Theoretical implications regarding the social-cognitive processes underlying reactions to overpayment are discussed.     

Grundrechtsverletzung durch Säumigkeit in Haftsachen

Eine ins Gewicht fallende S?umigkeit in Haftsachen ist auch ohne Verletzung des § 173 Abs 1 S 2 StPO grundrechtswidrig im Sinne einer Verletzung von § 9 Abs 2 und § 177 Abs 1 StPO. Nach § 177 Abs 1 S 1 StPO haben s?mtliche am Strafverfahren beteiligte Beh?rden darauf hinzuwirken, dass die Haft so kurz wie m?glich dauere. Eine erst am zw?lften Tag nach Einlangen der Haftbeschwerde erfolgte Vorlage des Ermittlungsakts an das Beschwerdegericht stellt eine ins Gewicht fallende Verz?gerung und somit eine Verletzung des § 177 Abs 1 StPO dar.     

The monetisation of l'goty: Changing patterns of welfare politics and provision in Russia

This article explores the contentious ‘monetisation’ of in-kind benefits (l'goty) that converted them into cash allowances and redistributed responsibility for welfare provision between federal and local governments. We provide an empirical account of these reforms and discuss their implications for the conceptualisation, financing and regional dimensions of welfare provision in Russia. We find that budgetary pressures were not the primary motivation for the recent changes, nor were old forms of social provision fully abolished. Monetisation launched a process that shifts responsibility for well-being onto individuals and institutionalises the spatial differentiation of welfare provision.     

Analoge Anwendung des § 107 Abs 4 StPO auf erfolgreiche Beschwerden nach § 87 StPO

Die Pflicht, nach einem erfolgreichen Einspruch oder einer erfolgreichen Beschwerde gegen eine Hausdurchsuchung den "entsprechenden Rechtszustand" herzustellen (§ 107 Abs 4 StPO), beinhaltet nicht, die sichergestellten Gegenst?nde wieder herauszugeben. Diese dürfen jedoch nicht dazu verwendet werden, Haftentscheidungen oder die Anklage zu begründen.     

The Influence of Victim Vulnerability and Gender on Police Officers’ Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence Risk

This study investigated the influence of victim vulnerability factors and gender on risk assessment for intimate partner violence (IPV). 867 cases of male and female perpetrated IPV investigated by Swedish police officers using the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) were examined. For male-to-female IPV, victim vulnerability factors were associated with summary risk judgments and risk management recommendations. For female-to-male IPV, vulnerability factors were more often omitted, and consistent associations were not found between vulnerability factors, summary risk judgments, and risk management. Results indicate that B-SAFER victim vulnerability factors can assist in assessing male-to-female IPV risk. Further research is necessary to examine the use of B-SAFER victim vulnerability factors for female-to-male IPV, as results showed victim vulnerability factors to be less relevant to officers’ decision making, particularly their management recommendations. However, several variables external to the B-SAFER, such as the availability of management strategies may account for these findings.     

Dying to win: Elections,political violence,and institutional decay in Kenya

This paper examines the lessons learned from Kenya's 2007 post election violence and what has happened since then. It notes that the root causes of the violence still persist, have not been addressed, and easily could be reignited. Faced with a situation where institutions and the rule of law have been weakened deliberately and where diffused violence is widespread, both Kenya's transition to democracy and the fate of the nation remain vulnerable. The argument here is that the problems faced in holding and managing elections in conflict situations often are not simply technical. Instead, in Kenya and elsewhere, many difficulties are symptomatic of larger political and institutional questions related to democratic change that are more difficult to analyze in causal terms or to address.