Testing the three- and four-factor models of the Korean version PCL-R as predictors of two antisocial outcomes – recidivism and risk

Psychopathy has consistently been associated with antisocial outcomes. The three- and four-factor models have been best fitted to data relating to Korean serious offenders (N?=?451), offering construct validity of the Korean Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R). However, no study has yet tested the predictive power of the Korean PCL-R to explain two different types of antisocial outcomes: (1) risk of inmates measured by correctional officers during incarceration and (2) recidivism after release. By exploring these two forms of antisociality, here we sought to establish the predictive and construct validities of the Korean version of PCL-R. We found that the deviant lifestyle (Factor 3) performed best for predicting both antisocial forms (risk and recidivism) and that the deficits in interpersonal (Factor 1) and affective (Factor 2) abilities also uniquely predicted one subtype of risk, which suggests the three-factor model is better than the four-factor model in predictions. These findings will be useful for criminal justice experts and practitioners in Korea.     

Lie Detection Accuracy—the Role of Age and the Use of Emotions as a Reliable Cue

Literature surrounding the accuracy of deception detection has produced inconsistent findings, and the majority of investigations have been based upon low-stakes lies. Although recent research has suggested that high-stakes situations may produce reliable cues to deception, it remains unclear whether knowledge of these cues actually improves the detection of lies. In an online experiment, we assessed participant’s ability to detect lies in 22 public appeals for help with missing or murdered relatives (N = 196). Participants were randomly allocated to either the cue condition (presented with previously identified cues to deception) or no cue condition (instructed to make judgement on instinct), before being presented with the video footage. Participants were asked to indicate whether the appealer is lying or telling the truth, how confident they are in their judgement and if they were familiar with the case. At the end of the experiment, participants wrote qualitative responses on the cues that they used during lie detection. Although cue knowledge and confidence did not significantly predict accuracy scores, there was a positive relationship between accuracy and age. Participants who used emotion-based cues were significantly better at detecting deception. The findings are discussed with reference to the existence of reliable cues.     

克什米尔地区恐怖主义问题综述

1947年印巴分治之后,克什米尔问题成了困扰两国关系的严重障碍。克什米尔问题长期得不到有效解决,有多方面的复杂原因,如印巴两国的立国理念不同,克什米尔重要的战略位置,克什米尔地区内部不同的社会势力对归属问题持不同的态度等。此外,克什米尔地区宗教极端主义和恐怖主义势力的迅速发展也增加了其问题的复杂性,在一定程度上延缓了克什米尔问题的解决进程,严重破坏了克什米尔地区的经济发展、人们的生命财产安全和社会稳定。     

中国开展可再生能源国际合作的途径与问题

加强可再生能源国际合作是中国对外能源战略多元化的一项重要内容,并已形成以<京都议定书>框架下清洁发展机制为核心的全球多边合作途径和以欧美日为主要对象的双边合作途径.但由于可再生能源合作的互补性特征,中国很难在目前的合作中从发达国家获得开发可再生能源的核心技术,这使得中国的可再生能源产业仍然处于较低层次的发展水平.在当前全球经济危机背景下,发达国家普遍出现流动性困难而减少对可再生能源企业投资,这为中国通过利用巨额外汇储备对发达国家的可再生能源企业进行并购等方式在短期内获得核心技术提供了新机遇.     

Advocating for the Right: Alliance Defending Freedom and the Rhetoric of Christian Persecution

In this article I trace the legal and cultural advocacy work of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the single largest Christian conservative legal organisation operating in the US today. I begin by locating ADF strategy within the longer history of Christian persecution rhetoric articulated by the Moral Majority during the 1970s and 1980s. I then analyse both legal and cultural outputs of the organisation in two key cases: the so-called bathroom bills limiting transgender access to public facilities in several states, and the service denial of florist Barronelle Stutzman. I argue that by emphasising the perceived vulnerability of white cisgender women and girls in these cases, ADF litigators and cultural producers advance a narrow conception of religious freedom rights located in the specific cultural politics of neoliberal, white evangelicalism. As a result, while these cases have been legislative and policy failures for ADF they nevertheless provide useful insight into the rhetorical project of Christian persecution.

     

De-naturalizing ecological disaster: colonialism,racism and the global Dust Bowl of the 1930s

This paper reinterprets the Dust Bowl on the US Southern Plains as one dramatic regional manifestation of a global socio-ecological crisis generated by the realities of settler colonialism and imperialism. In so doing, it seeks to deepen historical-theoretical understandings of the racialized division of nature and humanity making possible the global problem of soil erosion by the 1930s and forming the heart of the ecological rift of capitalism. The framework developed here challenges prevalent conceptions of the Dust Bowl, in which colonial and racial-domination aspects of the crisis are invisible, and affirms the necessity of deeper conceptions of environmental (in)justice.     

Analysing agricultural investment from the realities of small-scale food providers: grounding the debates

Abstract

Over the past decade, agricultural investment has been presented as a catchall solution to a converging set of global crises, often with poor rural communities as the proclaimed beneficiaries. Yet the promises of such investment, such as poverty alleviation and improved food access, are routinely at odds with realities on the ground. This article offers frameworks for analysis of agricultural investment that are grounded in the realities of small-scale food providers, drawing from two studies. The first study employs a right to food framework to identify the main channels through which food for consumption is procured by small-scale food providers and the factors impacting these channels. It draws on empirical data from within the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), an investment model promised to lift rural communities out of poverty, which reflects a regional trend. Based on the shortcomings of the large-scale investments examined, the second study employs a food sovereignty framework to explore alternative forms of investment envisioned and/or already being put into practice by small-scale food providers in the SAGCOT area and elsewhere in Tanzania. While two different frameworks formed the basis of two different studies, both the studies and their frameworks are interrelated. The final section of this article makes the case for why both the right to food and food sovereignty are essential lenses for understanding agricultural investment vis-à-vis small-scale food providers and the ways in which they can serve as complementary tools for effective analysis.     

规范干部选任初始提名权的探索与实践——以福州市鼓楼区为例

初始提名是干部选拔任用的首要环节,在整个干部选拔任用程序中发挥着关键性和导向性作用,也是干部选拔任用中问题相对集中、争议较多的环节.2009年福州市鼓楼区开展了"科学规范和有效监督用人行为"调研试点工作,对规范初始提名权方面进行了许多积极的探索.     

社区工作者队伍职业化的探索与实践——关于福州市鼓楼区打造社区人才"培养链"的调研报告

随着经济社会的发展,社区作为城市社会的基本单元,其重要性日益凸显.建设一支年龄结构合理、文化层次较高的社区工作者队伍,是加强社区各项工作、推进和谐社区建设的关键.文章对福州市鼓楼区社区人才培养情况进行调研,探索建立社区人才"培养链"的措施与成效,并对推进社区工作者队伍职业化提出建议与思考.