Detention and treatment down under: human rights and mental health laws in Australia and New Zealand

Mental health law reform in recent decades has drawn on the international human rights movement. The entering into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on May 3 2008 has been hailed by some as signalling a new era in relation to how domestic mental health laws should be reformed. Both Australia and New Zealand have ratified the CRPD and Australia has acceded to its Optional Protocol. New Zealand and the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria have statutory bills of rights which have an interpretive effect, but are unable to render other statutes invalid. Drawing on the results of interviews conducted with fifty-two representatives of consumer and carer organisations, lawyers, and mental health professionals across Australia and New Zealand, this paper examines the current thinking on human rights and mental health laws in these countries and outlines what changes, if any, may be brought to domestic legislation in light of the Convention.     

拓宽学习视野 改善学习方法——对学习型党组织学习路径的思考

党的十七届四中全会在总结历史经验的基础上,提出"积极向书本学习、向实践学习、向群众学习"的要求,指明了建设学习型党组织的正确方向。建设学习型党组织,需要创新学习方法,把握全会提出的三种学习方式:一是向书本学习,坚定信念,立德储能;二是向实践学习,增长才干,历练作风;三是向群众学习,收获智慧,增进感情。     

应用为核心实现政务信息资源整会共享

2006年之前,北京市丰台区电子政务信息资源的开发建设缺乏全区的统一规划,信息数据的管理维护仍处于各部门自成体系的状态.自部门信息仅限于纵向交流,政务资源没有联通交换,处于信息资源整合的初期阶段.针对全区各项业务工作对信息化的实际需求,进一步提升政府的整体效能和城市管理水平,丰台区着手构建一体化信息共享交换平台,突出以电子政务应用驱动政务信息资源整合、以资源整合支撑电子政务应用,逐步提高信息化服务政府办公、社会安全、城市管理、公共服务的能力.     

Barricaded Captive Situations in Schools: Mitigation and Response

Although not common occurrences, schools are occasionally the site of barricaded captive events. To date little research has examined these acts of school violence. The purpose of this article is to describe 19 school barricaded captive events that occurred between February, 1998 and September, 2007 in the United States. Data were analyzed by examination of news reports of each incident, and include the following variables: Incident location (state, community), school level and size, time of day of the event, location of the event within the school, age and sex of the subjects, information about the captives, presence of school resource officers, student screening mechanisms, behavioral changes of the subjects, the subject’s expected outcomes, injuries or fatalities, demands and deadlines, captive escapes and releases, weapons, incident resolution, tactical team response, and negotiations. Results pertain to incident demographics, prevention/mitigation, and response.     

Quantifying the Accuracy of Forensic Examiners in the Absence of a “Gold Standard”

This study asked whether latent class modeling methods and multiple ratings of the same cases might permit quantification of the accuracy of forensic assessments. Five evaluators examined 156 redacted court reports concerning criminal defendants who had undergone hospitalization for evaluation or restoration of their adjudicative competence. Evaluators rated each defendant’s Dusky-defined competence to stand trial on a five-point scale as well as each defendant’s understanding of, appreciation of, and reasoning about criminal proceedings. Having multiple ratings per defendant made it possible to estimate accuracy parameters using maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches, despite the absence of any “gold standard” for the defendants’ true competence status. Evaluators appeared to be very accurate, though this finding should be viewed with caution.     

关于举证责任倒置与司法公正的思考

本文以侵权责任法的出台为契机,结合目前医患纠纷司法实践中备受社会广泛关注的举证责任倒置这一热点问题,仔细梳理了我国《民法通则》、《医疗事故处理条例》和《最高人民法院关于民事诉讼证据的若干规定》等法律法规与司法解释的相关规定,援引国外相关案例进行剖析,并从举证责任分担规则上如何更能体现司法公正提出立法建议,以期对当前医患纠纷的司法解决体现公平公正有所裨益。     

服务型政府建设中必须高度重视法律问题

在依法治国成为国家治理基本方略背景下所建设的服务型政府,必然是法治政府,服务型政府与法律问题密不可分,如影随形,服务型政府建设中必须高度重视法律问题,加大法治建设力度。     

论男女平等、妇女发展与性别和谐

平等、发展与和谐已成为现阶段我国妇女运动发展的主题。平等与发展互为条件,只有在平等与发展的基础上,才能实现性别间的和谐。在平等与发展基础上促进性别和谐的主要途径包括：将性别平等和谐的理念纳入立法和公共政策,逐步消除社会领域以及家庭领域中制度性的性别歧视壁垒;将性别平等和谐的理念纳入整个社会发展的规划,保证妇女在参与发展中实现性别的平等与妇女赋权;从构建平等和谐的先进性别文化入手,为实现性别和谐营造良好的社会环境。     

乘劳动竞赛东风 铸优质精品工程

城建集团在"五比一创"劳动竞赛中,将劳动竞赛作为工会融入企业经济工作的重要渠道。通过强化全员参与,提升了职工的综合素质;通过强化过程管理,形成规范的责任机制;通过强化目标落实,提高了工程建设目标的实效性。在高标准、高质量、高水平地完成工程建设中,发挥了工会组织的作用,铸造企业的优质精品工程。     

A Prototype of Mathematical Treatment of Pen Pressure Data for Signature Verification

A prototype using simple mathematical treatment of the pen pressure data recorded by a digital pen movement recording device was derived. In this study, a total of 48 sets of signature and initial specimens were collected. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to compare the data of the pen pressure patterns. From the 820 pair comparisons of the 48 sets of genuine signatures, a high degree of matching was found in which 95.4% (782 pairs) and 80% (656 pairs) had rPA > 0.7 and rPA > 0.8, respectively. In the comparison of the 23 forged signatures with their corresponding control signatures, 20 of them (89.2% of pairs) had rPA values < 0.6, showing a lower degree of matching when compared with the results of the genuine signatures. The prototype could be used as a complementary technique to improve the objectivity of signature examination and also has a good potential to be developed as a tool for automated signature identification.