Reactions to flag desecration in American society: Exploring the contours of formal and informal social control

Although flag burnings today rarely draw the amount of attention they received in the late 1980s, efforts to protect the flag have persisted for nearly a decade. Accordingly, the flag protection campaign has captured the interest of intellectuals from various academic backgrounds, including political scientists, egal scholars, and journalists. Conspicuously absent from the literature on flag desecration, however, are sociologists and criminologists. Combining historical evidence with recent cases, this article unveils key sociological aspects of social control, including formal and informal responses to flag desecration.     

Report of a fatal, acute tripelennamine intoxication.

A death resulting from tripelennamine overdose in a 19-year-old male Caucasian is reported. The patient died 7 h after ingesting approximately twenty 50-mg tripelennamine tablets. A concentration of 1.0 mg/100 ml was found in the blood. All tissue concentrations were measured by ultraviolet spectroscopy and verified by gas-liquid chromatography. Significant findings included pulmonary edema and multiple small petechial hemorrhages in the soft tissue of the scalp.     

Crossing the DNA Rubicon

正Chinese scientists make history by editing humangenes with new technologyIs it possible for humans to wall off a branch of knowledge that is deemed too dangerous,risky or formidable to pursue?That is what James Burke,the science historian,asked in his 1985 documentary series,The Day the     

DAWN OF CASHLESS SOCIETIES

China's mobile payment providers are working to kickstart cashless societies around the world. Riding on the back of the growing numbers of Chinese tourists abroad, companies such as Ant Financial Services Group's Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay are developing new ways for consumers to spend their money while traveling without having to carry cash or credit.