A Comparison of Forensic and Nonforensic Malingerers: A Prototypical Analysis of Explanatory Models

Explanatory models of malingering strive to understand the primary motivation underlying attempts to feign. Rogers, Sewell, and Goldstein (1994) provided empirical support for the conceptualization of pathogenic, criminological, and adaptational models. In the current study, a prototypical analysis of 221 forensic experts results in a slightly refined formulation: the adaptational model was decomposed into its two broad dimensions (cost–benefit analysis and adversarial setting). An important finding is that the factor structure for the explanatory models remained stable when applied to both forensic and nonforensic cases. As a first investigation, significant differences were observed in prototypical cases of malingering by the category of referral (forensic or nonforensic) and by type of feigning (mental disorders, cognitive impairment, and medical syndromes). Surprisingly, the feigning of medical syndromes appeared to play a relatively prominent role in both forensic and nonforensic cases and to be influenced by the apparent adversarial context of the assessment. Finally, important gender differences were observed, especially with nonforensic prototypical cases of malingering.     

Policy networks and policy change in organic agriculture: a comparative analysis of the UK and Ireland

This paper takes a comparative case–study approach, located within the literature on policy networks, to organic agriculture policy in the United Kingdom and Ireland since the late 1980s. An examination of policy development for the organic sector focuses primarily on regulatory arrangements. The core of the analysis applies some prominent themes in the policy network literature to the organic sector: the debate about sectoral and sub–sectoral networks, the relationship between networks, context and outcomes, and the role of the state and ideas in promoting policy change.     

行政调查法律关系论

行政调查是行政机关实施的关乎相对人人身、财产和个人隐私等宪法权利的活动。从结构上看，它包括调查主体、调查客体和内容三个方面。因此，规范行政调查，将行政调查主体与行政相对人置于平等法律关系的调控与整合之中，使行政调查法律关系在实质上形成一种程序性法律关系至关重要。     

县级党委党务公开的调查与思考

县级党委是中央政策的执行者,是地方经济、政治、文化、社会的组织者、实施者和领导者.县级党委党务公开是基层民主建设和党内民主发展的重要途径,对构建和谐的党群关系、干群关系和社会主义和谐社会建设都有十分重要的意义.     

社区警务实施过程中存在的问题和思考

社区警务是适应当前中国国情现状的全新基层民警工作方式。区别于以往旧有观念，警务工作围绕“服务社区”展开，主动、积极的预防“各种矛盾”产生。本文通过对社区警务本质及存在问题的分析，探讨在新时期下警务人员应如何摆正态度，并将社区警务的理念内化成服务行为，提出自己的见解。     

An Economic Analysis of State and Individual Responsibility Under International Law

The international law of state responsibility determines whenstates are liable for international law violations. States aregenerally liable when they have control over the actions ofwrongdoers; thus, the actions of state officials can implicatestate responsibility whereas the acts of private citizens usuallydo not. We argue that the rules of state responsibility havean economic logic similar to that of vicarious liability indomestic law: the law in both cases provides third parties withincentives to control the behavior of wrongdoers whom they canmonitor and influence. We also discuss international legal remediesand individual liability under international criminal law.