Sad tales and happy tales: The politicization of delinquent life‐histories

Previous research has indicated that juvenile delinquents tend to highlight their dismal pasts and portray themselves as the victims of circumstances in order to elicit favorable responses from the various agents of social control. However, the present study, based on the life‐histories of two groups of Israeli delinquents, suggests that they sometimes engage in this particular kind of retrospective interpretation in order to bring about changes of a much more far‐reaching nature. Not only is it aimed at influencing the decision as to the appropriate agents of social contact; it also constitutes part of a wider struggle for political and cultural legitimacy.     

The attitudes of criminal justice workgroups toward intensive supervised probation

In spite of a growing body of literature on the attitudes of the public and selected groups toward crime and punishment, including communitybased corrections, intermediate sanctions, and intensive probation, very little is known about the attitudes of criminal justice workgroups toward intensive supervised probation. Understanding reactions to ISP by criminal justice workgroups is a requisite first step toward overcoming any obstacles or resistance to successful program implementation. This research reports on a survey of criminal justice workgroup attitudes toward ISP in Wyandotte County, Kansas.     

科学地认识《毛主席语录》

<毛主席语录>在短时间内迅速流行,不仅风靡中国大地,更是遍及全球一百多个国家和地区.在当时世界上发行量最大、读者最多,被称为 "东方的<圣经>".但是,由于其生于"左"倾思想盛行的年代、文革前夕,因而不可避免地受到历史的株连.今天,我们应该用历史唯物主义的眼光来看待其作用和影响.     

规范资金管理降低行政成本

我国政府行政成本过高已经是一个不争的事实。导致行政成本增长的原因既有客观因素,也有主观因素,更与政府资金管理密切相关。目前,虽然我国已经有了公共财政预算,但其中还存在诸多缺陷,还有巨额的预算外资金游离于人大监督之外。预算内资金管理的不完善和预算外资金的自由支配导致了政府行政成本的攀升。因此,规范资金管理,降低行政成本势在必行。     

物业管理若干问题刍议——兼评《物业管理条例》制度设计之缺陷

国务院2003年6月8日发布,自2003年9月1日起施行的<物业管理条例>,为了规范物业管理活动,就业主与业主大会、前期物业管理、物业管理服务、物业的使用与维护等问题进行了相应的规定.实践中,有关业主委员会的法律地位、物业服务合同的法律性质,以及物业管理制度设计等问题,并未因该条例的出台而中止争议,相反,该条例在物业管理制度设计中存在的缺陷,再次引发人们对物业管理制度设计的思考.     

Book reviews

M.B. Hayne, The French Foreign Office and the Origins of the First World War 1898-1914 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993) £35. ISBN 019-820270-9.

Keith Hamilton, Bertie of Thame: Edwardian Ambassador (Woodbridge/Suffolk: Boydell Press 1990 (= Royal Historical Society Studies in History, No. 60)), ix + 436 pp. ISBN 0-86193-217X. £35.

Anita Inder Singh, The Limits of British Influence: South Asia and the Anglo-American Relationship, 1947-56 (Pinter, 1993) pp. 309. £45.

Robert H. Ferrell (ed.), Truman in the White House: The Diary of Eben A. Ayers (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1991) $37.50. ISBN 0-8262-0790-1.

Robert Pearce (ed.), Patrick Gordon Walker: Political Diaries 1932-1971 (London: The Historians Press, 1991) £20. ISBN 1-872273-05 X.

Richard J. Aldrich (ed.), British Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-51 (London: Routledge, 1992) £40. ISBN 0-415-07851-2.

Timothy Garton Ash, In Europe's Name. Germany and the Divided Continent (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993) £25. ISBN 0-224-02054-4.     

Somali Piracy： Causes and Countermeasures

The recent rampant piracy off the Somali coast has caused serious consequences and become a top concern internationally. In the latter half of 2008 the United Nations has successively adopted four resolutions calling on all nations in the world to actively participate in the actions of combating Somali piracy. In order to effectively repress and completely eradicate Somali piracy, an international public hazard, the international community must continue to push forward the peaceful process in Somalia, enhance cooperation in the fight against the evil and strengthen crackdown efforts on it. China, as a big responsible country, is striving to play an active role in resolving this problem.