Distrust of Government, the Vigilante Tradition, and Support for Capital Punishment

This study probes the interconnections among distrust of government, the historical context, and public support for the death penalty in the United States with survey data for area-identified samples of white and black respondents. Multilevel statistical analyses indicate contrary effects of government distrust on support for the death penalty for blacks and whites, fostering death penalty support among whites and diminishing it among blacks. In addition, we find that the presence of a "vigilante tradition," as indicated by a history of lynching, promotes death penalty support among whites but not blacks. Finally, contrary to Zimring's argument in The Contradictions of Capital Punishment , we find no evidence that vigilantism moderates the influence of government distrust on support for the death penalty, for either whites or blacks. Our analyses highlight the continuing influence of historical context as well as contemporary conditions in the formation of public attitudes toward criminal punishment, and they underscore the importance of attending to racial differences in the analysis of punitive attitudes.     

对我国流浪儿童教育问题的探讨

本文主要采用定性研究的方法,以作者在各地进行的实地走访、考察为基础,并借鉴有关文献资料,提出以下观点:流浪儿童教育是一个系统工程,需要针对流浪儿童所处的具体情境制订不同的教育方案;从目前我国流浪儿童救助保护机构的现状来看,由于只是在短期内对流浪儿童提供保护教育服务,教育的重点应该是德育,即正确的人生观和价值观的教育;教育的目的应该是在短时期内对被教育者进行正确观点的灌输,以期对流浪儿童发生最有震撼力的影响;为了达到这样的目的,从事流浪儿童教育的教育工作者应该也接受过社会工作的训练。     

试论马克思博士论文中的哲学观

理论界一般认为,马克思在《博士论文》时期仍深陷于德国观念论哲学的泥潭,没有太多的理论建树。笔者则认为,青年马克思在《关于伊壁鸠鲁哲学的笔记》和《德谟克利特的自然哲学和伊壁鸠鲁的自然哲学的差别》写作过程中,通过对伊壁鸠鲁哲学的讨论,已经生发出自己对哲学的全新理解,表达了打算建立一种不同于以往哲学的新哲学的伟大构想。     

公民社会视角下的中国共产党现代化

文章从公民社会视角阐述了中国共产党的现代化,分为三个部分:一是公民社会的概念;二是阐释了选择公民社会角度的缘由;三是公民社会发展对中国共产党现代化的促进作用。     

提高党科学执政能力途径探析

科学执政是中国共产党在总结50多年执政经验和教训的基础上提出的新理念。要长期执政、执好政,必须从中国的实际出发,从宪政的角度来构建我们自己的政治文明,即合理配置国家权力,加强权力监督;完善执政法治环境,严格依法办事;构筑社会公平体系,切实保障人权;注重调查研究、强化科学决策。只有按社会主义宪政要求来科学执政,党才能完成自身历史使命,实现长期执政。     

Spatial variation of refractive index in a pane of float glass.

In the statistical interpretation of forensic glass evidence it is standard practice to make the assumption of homogeneity of the refractive index (RI) of the source glass, or of localized homogeneity. However, the work of Locke and Hayes showed that, for toughened windscreen glass, this assumption might not be true. This work is well cited, but there appears to have been little follow-on published research. Furthermore, the toughening process is something known to affect the refractive index, and is a process that float glass does not undergo. Float glass is a major component of casework in New Zealand and for that reason it would be interesting to know whether the findings of Locke and Hayes apply when dealing with float glass. In this paper we describe an experiment similar to that of Locke and Hayes, systematically examining the variation of RI in a pane of float window glass. It was found that, although there were no systematic differences in refractive index, there were observable differences across the pane.     

韩国零售业态发展及政府规制

一国零售业态的发展与其经济发展阶段具有明显的相关性。韩国经济经历了高速增长和市场开放及资本自由化阶段后,便利店、廉价店等新业态大量进入,给韩国以大型百货店和商品交易市场为主导业态的传统零售业态带来了冲击。新型业态基本是模仿国外业态形式或随外资进入的,大型廉价店等新业态在本土化适应过程中不断调整,形成韩国特色。将韩国零售业态置于经济发展过程来考察,会发现与日本战后经济发展的阶段性以及现代零售业态的发展轨迹和政府政策规制的方向具有极大的相似性。我国也呈现出与韩国、日本的相似性。观察韩国零售业态演进过程及其特征,给中国零售业态发展研究提供了一个参照,对总结后发展国家零售业态发展规律具有重要意义。