千年发展目标与减贫政策在中国和尼日利亚的作用

本文是2006年5月25日在香港大学召开的"中非人力资源开发与合作"学术研讨会的系列论文之一。作者基于贫困的持续性与其各构成要素的相互关联性这一机理,运用比较研究方法,测度和评析尼日利亚与中国的减贫政策及其实施效应,反映了国际学术界对减贫问题的研究动态。诚然,本文仅代表作者的观点。     

Ethnicity, gender, and the Level of Service Inventory-Revised

Offender assessment and classification is becoming an increasingly important part of correctional supervision and intervention. Over the last several decades, several different methods and “generations” of offender classification have emerged. Of most value appear to be third-generation, actuarial, dynamic risk/need assessments. With any new correctional strategy, however, there is a need to investigate the use of these risk/need assessments on offender subgroups in order to inform issues, such as reliability and prevalence of criminogenic risk factors. The present study utilized data that were gathered using the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R). Results and comparisons of these assessments were investigated and presented for Native American and non-Native American offenders as well as male and female offenders. Discussion of the results, implications, and recommendations for further research are presented.     

细菌分型的分子生物学技术研究进展

回顾了传统细菌分型方法的重要作用,并重点介绍了近年发展得比较成熟的脉冲凝胶电泳(PF-GE)、低频限制性切割位点聚合酶链式反应(IRS-PCR)、随意扩增多态性DNA(RAPD)、扩增片段长度多态性(AFLP)、多位点酶电泳(MLEE)和多位点测序分型(MLST)等6种用于细菌分型的分子生物学技术的原理、特点以及应用情况,指出了其他细菌分型技术,如ARDRA、SSCP、DGGE、TGGEI、S等的不足,对基因芯片技术和实时PCR在细菌分型上的应用潜力进行了展望。     

What Do Prosecutors Maximize? Evidence from the Careers of U.S. Attorneys

This study examines the performance of chief federal prosecutors(U.S. attorneys) and their subsequent careers. In a sample of570 attorneys in office from 1969 to 2000, the length of prisonsentences is positively related to subsequent favorable careeroutcomes for U.S. attorneys. In contrast, conviction rates donot appear to affect the careers of U.S. attorneys. These resultsare consistent with longer total prison sentences’ beingpersonally beneficial to prosecutors, and prosecutors’maximizing the length of prison sentences. Overall, the resultssuggest that sentence length, as opposed to convictions rates,is the relevant performance metric.