Tibet Advances Amidst Challenges in 2009

For Tibet, the ＂roof of the world,＂ 2009 was an unusual year. It is the first year following the March 14, 2008 Riots in Lhasa that stunned China and the rest of the world. It is a year when the world financial crisis wrecked havoc and a serious draught hit Tibet following a rare snowstorm that hit southern Tibet and an earthquake measuring 6.6 degrees on the Richter scale that hit the Dangxiong area in the region.     

EXPLAINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INCARCERATION AND DIVORCE

Recent studies have suggested that incarceration dramatically increases the odds of divorce, but we know little about the mechanisms that explain the association. This study uses prospective longitudinal data from a subset of married young adults in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 1,919) to examine whether incarceration is associated with divorce indirectly via low marital love, economic strain, relationship violence, and extramarital sex. The findings confirmed that incarcerations occurring during, but not before, a marriage were associated with an increased hazard of divorce. Incarcerations occurring during marriage also were associated with less marital love, more relationship violence, more economic strain, and greater odds of extramarital sex. Above‐average levels of economic strain were visible among respondents observed preincarceration, but only respondents observed postincarceration showed less marital love, more relationship violence, and higher odds of extramarital sex than did respondents who were not incarcerated during marriage. These relationship problems explained approximately 40 percent of the association between incarceration and marital dissolution. These findings are consistent with theoretical predictions that a spouse's incarceration alters the rewards and costs of the marriage and the relative attractiveness of alternative partners.     

Bright Future for China Human Rights

<正>We are here at the ChinaUniversity of PoliticalScience and Law todiscuss human rightsconstruction and reform,which isvery important.The China Universityof Political Science and Law wasthe first higher learning institution inChina to set up a human rights majorand is also one of the nation’s educa-tion and training bases for humanrights.in recent years,the universityhas achieved a lot in popularizinghuman rights education and serv-ing society,pushing forward humanrights research and development,andenhancing human rights exchangeand cooperation.i congratulate youon this.The whole country is now study-     

CSHRS Issues China Human Rights Development Report 2014

<正>The China Society for Human Rights Studies(CSHRS)issued on August 6 the China Human Rights Development Report 2014(human rights blue book),which is the fourth of its kind in China.The blue book analyzes the connotation of the Chinese Dream and explained the significance of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.The blue book summarizes the general characteristics of China’s human     

Wang Shengjun： Chinese Court System Improves Protection of Human Rights

Following is an interview by the staff reporter of Human Rights magazine with Wang Shengjun, president of the Supreme People＇s Court of the People＇s Republic of China：     

Forum Focuses on Environment as Basic Human Rights

＂The pursuit of a clean, beau- tiful environment is among the most basic of humanrights, which deserves protection,＇＂ said Luo Haocai, president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies. Luo made the remarks during the Sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights, which was held between opened on September 12 and 13, 2013. A healthy environment is espe- cially important to the Chinese people while the country is in the process of economic development, he said.     

School Offers Family Care to Orphans

On October 12, 2008, a train- ing school for orphans was inaugurated at Nanshanggang Village, Fangshan District,Beijing Municipality. ＂Ours is not an ordinary orphanage,＂ said school official Zhang Mei. ＂It aims to produce members of the social elite by letting orphans grow in love and warmth characteristic of wholesome families.＂     

EARLY LIFE RISKS,ANTISOCIAL TENDENCIES,AND PRETEEN DELINQUENCY

Early age‐of‐onset delinquency and substance use confer a major risk for continued criminality, alcohol and drug abuse, and other serious difficulties throughout the life course. Our objective is to examine the developmental roots of preteen delinquency and substance use. By using nationally representative longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (N= 13,221), we examine the influence of early childhood developmental and family risks on latent pathways of antisocial tendencies from 3 to 7 years of age, and the influence of those pathways on property crime and substance use by 11 years of age. We identified a normative, nonantisocial pathway; a pathway marked by oppositional behavior and fighting; a pathway marked by impulsivity and inattention; and a rare pathway characterized by a wide range of antisocial tendencies. Children with developmental and family risks that emerged by 3 years of age—specifically difficult infant temperament, low cognitive ability, weak parental closeness, and disadvantaged family background—face increased odds of antisocial tendencies. Minimal overlap is found between the risk factors for early antisocial tendencies and those for preteen delinquency. Children on an antisocial pathway are more likely to engage in preteen delinquency and substance use by 11 years of age even after accounting for early life risk factors.