Predicting recidivism in a communitarian society: China

Research on the prediction of recidivism has largely been an enterprise of Western criminology. Therefore, the identification and selection of predictors has tended to follow the individualistic traditions of the West. Important advances in models and methods have not been extended to non-Western societies such as China. This article explores the implications of communitarian features of Chinese urban communities for prediction of recidivism. The article applies the perspective of social capital to the specification of predictors. Available community social-capital measures are included in the prediction model to capture the effects of communitarian cultural features. The results indicate that social capital variables generally have significant effects.     

梅贻琦通才教育思想逻辑初探

梅贻琦通才教育思想是以儒家大学教育思想为本位中西融合的思想,具有很强的系统性和逻辑性。在对“己”、“群”关系的认识中,他确立了通才教育目标的三个层次:知识、技能之通;知、德之通;培育自由人格。在对大学观的阐述中,他提出了师生从游、校园文化建设等正规课程教学外的通:才．教育新途径。他对于知识性质、价值的朴素认识,影响了其对课程教学内容以及实施方式的选择。     

Network Characteristics and Organizational Structure of Chinese Drug Trafficking Groups

Unlike previous studies of drug trafficking groups that focused on the characteristics of individual members, this study examined the demographic and socioeconomic composition of drug trafficking groups and the types of relationships binding criminal networks. Through an analysis of 144 drug trafficking groups adjudicated in the intermediate and high courts in several provinces of China, this study found a high level of homogeneity in demographic characteristics and socioeconomic status among the offenders who formed the Chinese drug trafficking networks. Results also showed that most Chinese drug trafficking groups were small and lacked a vertical role structure. The concentration of men was associated with a higher likelihood of having a hierarchical role structure in the trafficking group.