Children's experiences of domestic violence: developing an integrated response from police and child protection services

Police notifications of incidents of domestic violence to child protection services constitute an acknowledgement of the harm that domestic violence inflicts on children. However, these notifications represent a substantial demand on child welfare services and the outcomes for children and victims of domestic violence have been questioned. This paper presents findings from the first UK study to examine these notifications in depth and examines the interface between the police and child protection services in responding to domestic violence incidents. The research reports on police interventions in 251 incidents of domestic violence involving children; the communication of information to child protection services and the subsequent filtering and service response. Social workers found that notifications conveyed little information on children's experiences of domestic violence. Forty per cent of families notified had had no previous contact with child protection services in that area, but those cases most likely to receive social work assessment or intervention were those where the case was already open. Notifications triggered a new social work intervention in only 5% of cases. The study also identified a range of innovative approaches for improving the co-ordination of police and child protective services in relation to children's exposure to domestic violence. Arrangements that maximized opportunities for police and social workers to share agency information appeared to offer the best option for achieving informed decisions about the appropriate level of service response to children and families experiencing domestic violence.     

Interpersonal violence as social construction: the potentially undermining role of claims making and advocacy statistics

The relationship between empirical research inquiry and advocacy efforts is complex and seldom addressed in the interpersonal violence literature. In this article, we first examine how social conditions come to be seen as social problems, using a social constructionist perspective. Next, we focus specifically on the problem of interpersonal violence as viewed through a social constructionist lens, highlighting the many ways in which advocacy has influenced public perceptions of interpersonal violence as a social problem. Finally, this article considers some of the consequences that may result from exaggerated or misleading claims, especially when they are made by social scientists who are presumably engaged in an objective discussion of a problem. These consequences include generating skepticism toward the social sciences, feeding a backlash movement, and diverting attention away from the most severe forms of interpersonal violence. Contrary to the goals of many advocates, some of these consequences may be detrimental to the very social problems they hope to alleviate.     

农村基层治理机制的创新实践与启示——基于浙江仙居横溪镇村干部"创业积分制"的调研

农村基层组织是党的工作和战斗力的基础。在新形势下,如何在总结各地实践经验的基础上,进一步完善符合中国国情的农村基层治理机制显得尤为迫切。而浙江仙居横溪镇的村干部创业积分制,就是在乡镇党委政府主导下,充分发挥农民主体参与动力以实现村两委(干部)主动创业的互动参与式乡村治理运行机制的构建。在多年的实践中,实现了乡镇党委政府赢信任、村两委(干部)创业绩、村民得实惠的多赢格局,发展了农村经济,维护了农村社会稳定。因此,这种植根于乡土社会的实践探索,无疑可以为中国乡村善治之路的理论资源和政治智慧的积累提供经验借鉴和实践样本。     

关于加强高校大学生就业指导工作的思考

随着社会经济的发展,我国高校毕业生就业模式不断发生变化。目前加强高校大学生就业指导工作是市场经济制度下的客观要求。在具体工作实践中,要坚持把以学生为本作为高校大学生就业指导工作的核心理念,努力做到就业指导工作的＂信息化、系统化、全程化、个性化＂;要完善体制机制,抓好院（系）层面大学生就业指导人员队伍建设;要把打造大学生核心竞争力作为推动高校大学生就业指导工作深入开展的战略选择。     

Returnee Entrepreneurs: impact on China's globalization process

Recent research on returning Chinese students has focused on their role as an alternative solution to their home country's mandate to build technological capacity. This study shows the depth of the ‘brain circulation’ that is underway and the fact that overseas students are not only serving China from abroad or by returning, but after they return they play a leading role in many aspects of China's ‘going out’ strategy. These returnee entrepreneurs present many advantages to the Chinese economy. They have studied at the best universities in the world, were deeply involved in the New Economy, and have gained valuable experience in listed companies overseas. They often possess venture capital, many have experience working with some of the best MNCs in the world, and they serve to contribute enormously to China's current economic engagement with the world. The paper describes the returnees' impact on China's globalization drive and analyzes the factors leading to their success in comparison to MNCs and indigenous Chinese firms.     

台湾家事劳动者之运用状况及其劳动权益探讨

家事服务是一兼具老旧与新颖的行业,而台湾在面对高龄化社会的来临,从事家事劳务为主的劳动需求,历年来呈现持续增加的趋势。但雇用本国劳工从事家事劳动,一方面成本太高,二方面配合度不够,因此,外籍家事劳动者的引进遂成为解决上述问题的主要方法,但在外籍家庭帮佣与外籍看护工从1992年开放引进以来,却因劳动基准法并不适用于此等家事劳动者,亦未有家事服务法之制定,致使其相关劳动权益未获保障。本文主要针对台湾家事劳动者之运用状况、家事劳动者的劳动权益问题、家事劳动者权益促进之方向、家事劳动者相关法律规定、家事劳动者之管理促进、是否需要制定家事服务法等方面进行探讨,期能提升对家事劳动者劳动权益的重视。     

Encryption and the loss of patient data

Fast‐paced IT advances have made it increasingly possible and useful for firms to collect data on their customers on an unprecedented scale. One downside of this is that firms can experience negative publicity and financial damage if their data are breached. This is particularly the case in the medical sector, where we find empirical evidence that increased digitization of patient data is associated with more data breaches. The encryption of customer data is often presented as a potential solution, because encryption acts as a disincentive for potential malicious hackers, and can minimize the risk of breached data being put to malicious use. However, encryption both requires careful data management policies to be successful and does not ward off the insider threat. Indeed, we find no empirical evidence of a decrease in publicized instances of data loss associated with the use of encryption. Instead, there are actually increases in the cases of publicized data loss due to internal fraud or loss of computer equipment. © 2011 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.     

An Underappreciated Dimension of Human Trafficking: Battered and Trafficked Women and Public Policy

Both domestic violence and trafficking in humans pose serious problems worldwide. However, there are differences in the ways in which battered immigrant women and trafficked immigrant women are responded to by governmental agencies in Greece and in the USA. Trafficking in humans has been securitized, that is, framed as an issue linked to international security risk. As such, countries that do not take legal action to stop human trafficking could face US sanctions such as loss of United States military and economic assistance. Under significant international pressure, Greece, since 2002, passed a law that criminalized trafficking in humans and took necessary steps for providing protection and assistance to trafficked victims. Nevertheless, domestic violence and battered women remain silent in Greek society, and the availability of services to victims of domestic violence has eroded. We argue that, due to different issue framing of victims of trafficking and battered women, the connection of trafficking in humans to national security fosters different legal protection outcomes. The comparison of battered immigrant women and trafficked victims between Greece and the USA reveals significant differences in protection of battered immigrant women in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) area. This article elucidates why there are public policy differences within OECD states that all grant a priority to prevention of human trafficking.     

社会工作者的职业倦怠与组织承诺状况研究——以上海青少年事务社会工作者为例

以立意抽样的调查方法,使用职业倦怠和组织承诺的量表,对118名青少年事务社工进行调查研究,研究发现:青少年事务社工的职业倦怠较高,其组织承诺一般。研究建议:为了更好地帮助青少年事务社工克服职业倦怠,应该更好地确定适宜的工作负荷,明确社工的任务角色,拓宽社工的晋升途径,推动社工的组织支持以及发展社工事业的整体营销。