Regulatory Risk Management of Psychoactive Substances

Congress and the Drug Enforcement Administration have assigned certain psychoactive substances to one of five schedules, based on assumed or demonstrated abuse potential. Although formidable difficulties exist in assessing the hazards of drug use, some of these assignments do not appear consistent with empirical estimates. This mismatch of assignment and abuse potential -possibly due to "radical" political ideology - obscures significant differences in drug effects, and therefore stifles meaningful public participation in evaluating the benefits, risks, and proper use (if any) of available psychoactive substances.     

私人侦探及其调查行为的合法性

我国现阶段存在的所谓的私人侦探及其调查行为不具有合法性。针对目前中国社会中出现的公民私人信息调查的需要,现阶段比较稳妥的做法是不断完善公力救济、适度私力救济。公民群体在追求自身权益保障的同时,要切实树立法律至上的观念,严格遵守相关的法律规定,培养法律意识,促动法治的健康发展,使中国的法治由理想变为现实。     

Decision Making in Autocratic Regimes: A Poliheuristic Perspective

This paper applies the poliheuristic theory of foreign policy decision making to non-democratic states. Poliheuristic theory asserts that state leaders assign primary importance to their political survival; however, the meaning of "the political" varies dramatically from country to country. Furthermore, the types of actors who hold leaders politically accountable also vary between countries. Consequently, leaders often pursue vastly different means of ensuring their political survival. The author uses the common distinction between single-party, military, and personalist autocracies to show that apparently arbitrary differences in autocratic leaders' political concerns actually vary in systematic and potentially predictable ways. Because this argument is generalized to non-democratic states as a whole, it has important implications for the ways in which democratic states craft their policies toward autocracies.     

Reentry and Removal: Implications for Juvenile Confinement Facilities

An important national initiative in juvenile justice is Juvenile Offender Reentry (JOR). The renewed emphasis on offender reintegration has generated significant attention to juvenile justice practices, with the notable exception of juvenile confinement facilities. Juvenile detention and, to a lesser degree, juvenile corrections practitioners are involved but not invested in reentry, having made very few programmatic changes to accommodate JOR initiatives largely because these initiatives have been external to the institution and its staff. Yet, reentry is a powerful concept for juvenile facility practitioners, and the application of reentry principles could have a profound impact on daily operations. This article addresses a range of issues about investing juvenile institutions in reentry practices. Several reentry models are discussed along with their implications for daily operations and programs.     

从一维到多元——浅议社会转型期公安专业学生思想教育的改进

In order to adapt to the development of higher education under the background of social transformation,the Central Com- mittee of CPC and the State Council have put forward“Suggestions on Strengthening and Improving College Students' Ideological and Polit- ical Education”.How to adhere to such a sprit to improve students' ideological and political education has become the chief task for police colleges.Police colleges should change the concept of unitary model to the model of pluralism to increase students'ideological and political education level.