Observations of high velocity bloodspatter on adjacent objects

In a recent homicide investigation, high velocity backspatter was observed on the sleeve cuff of the accused. These minute droplets were discovered only after microscopic examination and were limited in number. A study was initiated to determine if these were truly backspatter droplets or transferred blood produced from light contact with a bloody item. It was observed that the backspattered blood was primarily limited to contact or near contact shots. An exception was a shot into an already bloody surface. It was found that backspattered blood would deposit on the shooter's shirt sleeve irrespective of the weave pattern. Transferred blood was observed only on the fiber tops. This information was found to be useful in reconstruction of events in suicides as well as possible homicides.     

Ethics and the Physician-Patient Relationship

Book Reviews in This Article:
Getting Rid of Patients: Contradictions in the Socialization of Physicians . By Terry Mizrahi
Physicians and Social Change . By John Colombotos and Corinne Kirchner
Changing Values in Medicine . Edited by Eric J. Cassell and Mark Siegler
Professional Ethics and Primary Care Medicine: Beyond Dilemmas and Decorum . By Harmon L. Smith and Larry R. Churchill
Physician—Patient Decision-Making: A Study in Medical Ethics . By Douglas N. Walton
With Dignity: The Search for Medicare and Medicaid . By Sheri I. David
The Dismissal of Students with Mental Disorders. Legal Issues, Policy Considerations, and Alternative Responses .
Courtroom Toxicology . By Marshall Houts, Randall C. Baselt, and Robert H. Cravey     

新时期我国公安机关治安管理业务范围的界定

我国公安机关治安管理工作的业务范围到目前为止,在治安理论界还没有一个统一的结论,究其原因,是没有一个科学界定其范围的理论依据.根据管理和专业的要素以特定专业为管理范畴;以法律法规为管理依据、以有机的组织体系为管理机制应是构成我国公安机关治安管理业务的三要件.以此推论,才能对我国公安机关治安管理的业务范围做出科学的界定.     

General systems theory and criminal justice

Criminal justice agencies are organized sequentially — “output” from one agency is “input” to the next — but most scholars argue that criminal justice is not a system in a theoretical sense. In this article, it is argued that general systems theory (GST) reveals important insights into criminal justice structures and functions. Specifically, it is argued that the criminal justice system processes “cases” rather than people, and that the common goal of criminal justice processing is to “close cases so that they stay closed.” It also is argued that processing capacity progressively declines, in that at each system point the subsequent agency cannot input as many cases as the previous agency can output. Each agency therefore experiences “backward pressure” to close cases in order to reduce input to the next agency. Overall, this article highlights that criminal justice agents and agencies are best understood as operating in the context of the larger whole, thus it is concluded that criminal justice is a system in the sense of general systems theory.     

日本60年代末70年代初关于市民和市民运动的讨论--以"越平联"运动为中心

在越南战争期间出现的反战运动"越平联"是战后日本市民运动承前启后的重要过渡形态.在总结了日本战后和平运动的经验教训后,"越平联"的活动家们认识到只有建立在市民理论基础之上的反战运动才能满足"和平"目标与实现和平的手段之间的内在统一."越平联"运动对市民个人责任和"市民的不服从"的强调为其参加者提供了一个机会去挑战既成体制,反思自己的"驯化"传统,并发展出处理个人与国家的关系的新模式.