Police Psychology in Singapore: The Red Dot Experience

Despite developments in police psychology in North America and Europe, little is known about developments in other parts of the world. Yet, this knowledge will reinforce the development of the field of police psychology internationally and strengthen its scientific theories, practices and programs. This paper therefore traces the development of police psychology in Singapore for over two decades across four waves of development. This paper also describes the developments in three areas of police psychology (services to police officers, police operations and the police organization) and details the various police psychological services programs and services in Singapore. The paper concludes with a discussion on strategic concerns for police psychologists worldwide, arguing that there is a need to discuss the ‘what works, when and where?’ in police psychology, when it is applied across the world.     

Managing for Legitimacy: Agency Governance in Its “Deep” Constitutional Context

Recent literature on bureaucratic structure has gone further than studying discretions given to bureaucrats in policy making, and much attention is now paid to understanding how bureaucratic agencies are managed. This article proposes that the way in which executive governments manage their agencies varies according to their constitutional setting and that this relationship is driven by considerations of the executive's governing legitimacy. Inspired by Charles Tilly (1984), the authors compare patterns of agency governance in Hong Kong and Ireland, in particular, configurations of assigned decision‐making autonomies and control mechanisms. This comparison shows that in governing their agencies, the elected government of Ireland's parliamentary democracy pays more attention to input (i.e., democratic) legitimacy, while the executive government of Hong Kong's administrative state favors output (i.e., performance) legitimacy. These different forms of autonomy and control mechanism reflect different constitutional models of how political executives acquire and sustain their governing legitimacy.     

我国民主政治发展的路径依赖及路向选择——基于路径依赖理论的分析视角

从路径依赖理论的视角来考察,我国民主政治的发展在取得诸多成就的同时,也存在着思想观念、民主制度体系、民主组织行为等方面的非良性路径依赖,阻碍了我国民主政治的发展。加快我国民主政治发展必须打破非良性的路径依赖,实现路径替代,需要在更新民主观念、深化市场经济体制改革、推进政治体制改革、以及扩大公民有序政治参与等方面做出努力。     

论WTO规则的法律解释方法--兼谈国际条约法的解释理论在WTO争端解决机制中的运用

《维也纳条约法公约》第 3 1条和第 3 2条不仅规定了条约解释的规则 ,而且也规定了具体的条约解释方法。本文依据其规定 ,结合WTO一些有代表性的案件 ,对专家组和上诉机构在争端解决程序中采用的主要解释方法 ,即文法解释方法、系统解释方法、目的解释方法、历史解释方法以及四种解释方法的使用顺序作一梳理 ,以求达到引玉之效。     

边缘无浆体SYBR GreenⅠ实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及应用

根据GenBank中边缘无浆体的MSP4基因序列(EU677383)设计2对引物(AmspF3/R3和Am-spF4/R4)并克隆MSP4部分基因,构建含有MSP4基因的标准质粒,以AmspF3/R3为引物进行荧光定量PCR,建立了边缘无浆体的MSP4SYBR GreenⅠ实时荧光定量PCR检测方法,并用于临床血样检测。结果显示,该方法可以检测到1×102 copies/μL的标准质粒DNA,该方法对绵羊无浆体、附红细胞体、东方巴贝斯虫、组织滴虫提取的DNA均为阴性反应。结果表明,该方法与常规PCR方法比较,阳性及阴性符合率都为100%,且具有敏感、重复性好、无污染特性,并具有能准确定量的特点,说明该方法具有很好的应用前景和研究价值。     

应用为核心实现政务信息资源整会共享

2006年之前,北京市丰台区电子政务信息资源的开发建设缺乏全区的统一规划,信息数据的管理维护仍处于各部门自成体系的状态.自部门信息仅限于纵向交流,政务资源没有联通交换,处于信息资源整合的初期阶段.针对全区各项业务工作对信息化的实际需求,进一步提升政府的整体效能和城市管理水平,丰台区着手构建一体化信息共享交换平台,突出以电子政务应用驱动政务信息资源整合、以资源整合支撑电子政务应用,逐步提高信息化服务政府办公、社会安全、城市管理、公共服务的能力.     

Hostility in Homicide–Suicide Events: A Typological Analysis with Data from a Chinese Society, Hong Kong, 1989–2003

As many as one-quarter of uroxicides [Johnson and Hotton (2003) Homicide Studies 7:58–84] and filicides [Wilczynski (1997) Child Homicide, London: Greenwich Medical Media] end in the suicide of the offender. As in homicide- or suicide-only events, homicide–suicide (HS) can arise from a variety of circumstances, ranging from relationship breakdown, to financial and health problems. However, to date our understanding of this disheartening phenomenon remains limited. As an HS event comprises both a homicidal and a suicidal component, the question of whether HS is primarily an extended suicide dominated by weariness or an alternate form of homicide overwhelmed by anger is a contentious topic. This article argues that there are at least two types of HS, with one type being dominated by hostility against the victim, whilst in the other hostility is not apparent. Based on HS events that occurred between 1989 and 2003 in Hong Kong, significant differences are found between these two types of HS in terms of offender and victim characteristics, antecedent, offender–victim relationships, situational factors and modes of killing. This is the first HS typological classification built on the hostility debate that has been validated with empirical data.

涉及私有化之"利益"授予问题实证研究——基于对美国反补贴规则中若干问题的探析

私有化之后,企业是否从原国有企业接受的补贴中获得利益,是反补贴领域很有争议的问题.WTO专家组和上诉机关在反补贴案件中,否定了美国的"伽玛法"、"归还法"与"同人法",同时也对涉及私有化的"利益"授予问题作了多处澄清.专家组的观点也存在值得商榷之处.     

论不当得利冲突规范中的“发生地法主义”

单纯的不当得利发生地法主义,即以不当得利发生地为唯一空间连结因素的双边冲突规范,就立法沿革而言,只是个过时的立法主流;就立法模式而言,此项立法主义属传统冲突规范范畴,故带有传统规范自身无法克服的僵硬封闭之缺陷,需要借助共同属人法、法院地法、原因关系准据法来软化;而就其内涵而言,“不当得利发生地”这样的表达不够准确,其指向的连结点可以是损害发生地、利益获得地和原因事实发生地,而原因事实发生地最为合理。不当得利冲突规则至今在我国尚属立法空白,因此厘清不当得利发生地之内涵,并软化该连结点后,此项主义可为我国立法所用。     

Continuing Revolt of the Urban Chinese Voters: The Case of Kepong

Abstract

Since the 2008 Malaysian general election the Chinese vote has swung overwhelmingly to the opposition, and this trend has continued in the 2013 general election. When announcing the results of the 2013 general election, Prime Minister Najib labelled it as a ‘Chinese tsunami’. Taking the case of Kepong, this article attempts to explain the reasons for the urban Chinese voters’ continuing support for the Democratic Action Party.