THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON THE DECISION TO INCARCERATE BEFORE AND AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES*

The present study explores the relationships between gender and imprisonment decisions in Minnesota before and after the introduction of sentencing guidelines. Results from a series of logistic regression models indicate that gender alone did not have a significant impact on the likelihood of imprisonment, but women with dependent children were significantly less likely to be imprisoned before sentencing guidelines and in the years subsequent to their implementation. The findings suggest that despite the introduction of sentencing reforms, court officials tend to return to issues of substantive justice, and they appear unable to shed their individual or organizational ideas of fairness in sentencing.     

论司法独立在我国的实现

司法独立在当代已成为绝大多数国家宪法和法律的原则.司法独立包含三层含义:司法权独立、法院独立、法官独立.其中,法官独立是其核心.我国目前司法环境现状不尽如人意.要实现司法独立,必须从物质条件和人文环境两个方面入手.     

传媒研究的四重语境:一个本土化的视角

传媒研究中的功能主义范式不能对社会中动态的、冲突的部分给以把握,也不能对处于转型期的中国社会中的传媒的相关问题作出解释。应将传媒处身的“语境”视为一种问题视野,在其中对传媒现实给以观察与解释,并从中国的社会发展所处阶段、政治经济现实和传媒生存状况等多个维度出发,重视当前传媒研究的四重语境,即前现代的社会阶段、后现代的话语氛围与消费主义思潮、传媒的受控与工具性质、传媒的商业化倾向。     

ENTER THE DRAGON: INSIDE CHINESE HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATIONS*

This paper examines the inner workings of Chinese human smuggling organizations. Contrary to widely held conceptions about Chinese organized crime, most alien smugglers are otherwise ordinary citizens whose familial networks and fortuitous social contacts have enabled them to pool resources to transport human cargoes around the world. They come from diverse backgrounds and form temporary alliances to carry out smuggling operations. With the exception of a shared commitment to making money, little holds them together. The smuggling organizations mostly resemble ad hoc task forces and are assembled for specific operations. These organizations have clear divisions of labor with limited hierarchical structures. We discuss the theoretical implications of their unique organizational characteristics.     

错位的置换与失范的解构 --对狼文化热的思考

狼文化之所以能热起来,究其原因,在于我们对狼性精神的现代置换缺少深入的分析,同时对这种置换的价值缺少冷静的思索.在个体人格层面、社会层面、国家与民族范畴,当代狼文化对传统价值观进行了错位的置换和失范的解构.如果我们对此没有深层认识的话,我们就无法认清被精心打造过的狼文化意识形态背后的虚假本质和负面价值.     

略论大学英语教学中的文化导入

本文阐述语言和文化的关系,说明英语教学中文化导入的必要性,文化导入的内容和方法。     

严格执法是净化文化市场的有效途径——浅谈乌鲁木齐市文化市场执法不严的成因及对策

文化市场对我们来说确实是古老而又新鲜的课题。说它古老是因为它古来就有,从汉代开始就有杂技、弹唱、卖艺的。说它新鲜,又确实是党的十一届三中全会以来,在我国改革开放中涌现出来的,在短短的二十几年时间里,我国经济发生了翻天覆地的变化,整个社会市场得到了充分的开放,作为社会主义市场组成部分之一的文化市场,在改革开放浪潮的推动下,不仅满足了广大人民群众日益增长的文化娱乐消费的需求,而且还带动了文化产业的发展,这些以满足人们精神文化需要为主要目标而进行生产或服务的行业也取得了巨大的经济效益,并且以其独特的功能——宣传党的各项方针政策,宣传社会主义理想、道德、文化、纪律,提高整个中华民族的思想道德素质和科学文化素质,在社会主义精神文明建设中有特殊的地位,并起着举     

"违宪审查"相关概念之分析

本文针对目前宪法学界存在的对违宪审查、司法审查、宪法诉讼、宪法实施、宪法监督、宪法保障等概念的模糊认识,阐明了自己的观点.