Police Perceptions of Irrational Unstable Behaviours and Use of Force

Police identification of people experiencing mental illness is usually based on either the person having an official contact history with police or through observing behavioural indicators commonly associated with mental illness during an encounter. Police have voiced concerns with their ability to identify and respond to people experiencing mental illness in a timely way and report that they commonly resort to more coercive tactical options to resolve encounters. The present study employed a mixed method design to examine 286 police use of force incidents to investigate the association between force used on and by offenders displaying irrational-unstable behavioural characteristics. The irrational-unstable offenders were two times more likely to be perceived by police to have an apparent mental disorder and almost four times more likely to have a known mental health history; one in six had an official record of contact with mental health services. There were few differences in police and offender use of force, considering force as both a categorical and a continuous variable, while incident-level comparisons suggested that police force was generally proportional to offender resistance. Implications are discussed in terms of the need to redress limitations with the traditional police approach style.     

GREEN COMMITMENT

正China gears up for a fiercer and more expansive battle against pollution With fewer smoggy days and more blue skies,the winter of2017 in Beijing and the neighboring areas of Tianjin and Hebei Province was regarded as a moment heralding the initial success of the battle against air pollution in China.Yet the government isn’t prepared to rest on its laurels as evidenced by its most recent action plan which encompasses a bigger vision.Official figures from the meteorological authorities show that in 2017,only 21 heavy     

On Jordan Peterson,Postmodernism, and PoMo-Bashing

Jordan Peterson says that postmodernists say no interpretation is better than another. I would no sooner identify Peterson’s adversaries as those who have been misled by “postmodernism” than I would identify them as misled by “sustainability,” “diversity,” “multiculturalism,” or “intersectionality.” Such fare is mainly symptomatic. “Postmodern” invocations are often like “sustainability” invocations: inessential. This piece is not a defense of postmodernism. It is a critique of PoMo-bashing.     

现阶段我国西北地区文化消费评析

近些年来,随着我国经济的快速发展和人们生活水平的不断攀升,居民的消费结构也不断升级优化,其中文化消费已占据了越来越重要的位置,且越来越呈现出多元化的发展趋势。加强西北地区文化消费对居民生活的促进优化作用及其在经济社会发展中的地位具有重要意义。     

Managing the Tower of Babel

正China is struggling to both regulate its language and preserve various dialects On April 28, Guo Degang, a well-known crosstalk performer from the Beijing-based Deyun Xiangsheng Troupe, held a special show at the Shanghai International Gymnastic Center. The theater was far more crowded than it was in 2006 when Guo first put on a show in Shanghai.     

INFINITY AND BEYOND

Micius and the Monkey King, a Dragonand a Heavenly Palace—this legendary sounding group somewhat surprisingly has nothing to do with Chinese history or my-thology, but everything to do with science. With more than 170 satelites orbiting in space and a submersible in the farthest depths of the ocean, scientists are asking questions of the sky and the sea, and from their replies they are unveiling the mystery of these unfamiliar worlds.