全媒体时代的检察机关执法公信力建设

在全媒体的时代背景下,检察机关的执法活动越来越成为社会各界和新闻媒体关注的焦点,这给检察执法公信力建设带来机遇的同时更带来挑战。一方面,检察权运行不完善之处在个案的报道中会被放大,检察机关回应全媒体的能力还有待提高,另一方面,全媒体对公众的司法期待也有推高作用。因此,加强检察执法公信力建设,首先应健全检察权运行机制,保障检察机关依法规范行使检察权,让全媒体"无懈可击"。利用好全媒体,开展多层次的检务公开,将检察改革的蓝图和思路、检察执法的依据和过程展示给公众。一旦发生了涉检网络舆情,积极推进检察执法的公关活动,及时向全媒体和公众传递重要的信息,争夺舆论的主导权。     

风险刑法本质论之解构——以传统刑法的建构基础为视角

风险刑法是应对社会不断增多的风险所形成的刑法话语体系,其对传统刑法的构造理论进行了革命性的颠覆,表现在行为结构的错位、法益内涵的虚置,以及责任主义的嬗变上,因而风险刑法的本质只是回应国民惴惴不安心情的社会治理的暴力工具,对于社会中存在的部分风险,或许其他部门法的规制会是一条相对合理的路径。     

Classification and dynamic evolution of public's environmental risk coping actions in China

Existing studies on public attitudes and actions towards sites elections of projects with existing environmental risk usually make simple binary partition and mostly focus on public confrontational actions. Whereas, no attention has been paid to the complexity and dynamic convertibility of public's risk coping actions. This paper constructs an integrated framework for environmental risk coping actions referring to risk social amplification theory and risk protective theory. Through the comparative analysis with three typical projects of nuclear facilities in China, it has been found that there are four different types of risk coping action based on dual dimensions of risk perception and risk communication, namely, acquiescence–support and acquiescence–adaption, belonging to low‐grade risk coping actions, and two high‐grade risk coping actions, prevention–mobilization and prevention–protest. Under specific conditions, the dynamic conversions from low grade to high grade among the four action choice models also existed. Findings of this paper try to provide a theoretical interpretation for getting a better understanding of the public action choices in relation to environment risk. In the meanwhile, policy enlightenment to risk governance for government has also been discussed.     

Hukou Status and Sentencing in the Wake of Internal Migration: The Penalty Effect of Being Rural‐to‐Urban Migrants in China

While the disparate legal treatment of immigrants in Western jurisdictions has been well documented in sociolegal scholarship, the potential legal inequality experienced by rural‐to‐urban migrants in China, who have become China's largest disadvantaged social group, has not garnered much attention. To fill the gap, this article empirically examines sentencing disparities related to the Hukou status of criminal offenders by employing quantitative data on criminal case processing in China. The results of our analysis reveal that rural‐to‐urban migrant defendants are more likely to be sentenced to prison than their urban counterparts. In addition, the penalty effect of being a rural‐to‐urban migrant is further magnified in jurisdictions with a larger concentration of migrants. Our findings suggest that discrimination against rural‐to‐urban migrants has become an emerging, significant form of legal inequality in China's criminal justice system, refracting and reinforcing the deep‐seated structural inequality associated with Hukou status in China. The research and policy implications of these findings are discussed.     

"补供方"与"补需方"对医疗费用的影响比较 ——基于三明市新医改的实证研究

在医疗卫生体制改革中,"补供方"还是"补需方"的争论持续多年.这不但是决策者需要面对的重大政策问题,也是卫生经济学和医疗政策研究的重要理论问题.以福建省三明市为例,以公立医疗机构作为分析单位,研究地方财政对医院的补助、社会医疗保险的发展与医疗费用增长之间的关系.研究发现,财政补助占收入比重高的医疗机构的次均费用更可能低于财政补助比重低的机构;而医保的壮大与医疗机构费用增长之间没有显著关系."补供方"和"补需方"的选择意味着寻找政府管理和第三方机构经办的平衡点.就三明市而言,政府补助对于医疗机构费用控制的作用表明,通过"补供方"的经济杠杆效应控制医疗费用的过快增长仍有很大潜力",补供方"和"补需方"的平衡点需要进一步挖掘.     

From blues women to b-girls: performing badass femininity

This article introduces the concept of badass femininity, a marginalized femininity captured in the performances of contemporary b-girls (women breakdancers) and blues women of the 1920s. The author uses the work of Hortense Spillers, Maria Lugones, Chela Sandoval, and Angela Davis to argue that non-normative gender performances from the fringes of society are necessary consequence of histories of enslavement, genocide, and exploitation. Badass femininity is a one version of a multiplicity of femininities. It re-signifies qualities typically associated with masculinity through women whose work in dance and music move these gender performances from the margins to center stage.     

China’s Bargaining Strategies for a Peaceful Rise: Successes and Challenges

Applying bargaining theory of international conflicts, we examine the successes and challenges of China’s strategic choices in its ascent after the Cold War. We suggest that China needs to alleviate information and commitment problems in order to rise peacefully. Since 2008, China’s “peaceful rise” strategy has faced serious challenges because of its “assertive turn” in diplomacy. We argue that China has not alleviated or settled these two problems successfully because of its ambiguous “core interest” diplomacy and undecided attitude regarding multilateral institutions in resolving the maritime disputes. China should engage in rule-based, institution building, such as a security community between China and ASEAN, to reinforce its peaceful rise commitments.     

Involving Youth in Program Decision-Making: How Common and What Might it Do for Youth?

The strategy of sharing program decision-making with youth in youth programs, a specific form of youth-adult partnership, is widely recommended in practitioner literature; however, empirical study is relatively limited. We investigated the prevalence and correlates of youth program decision-making practices (e.g., asking youth to help decide what activities are offered), using single-level and multilevel methods with a cross-sectional dataset of 979 youth attending 63 multipurpose after-school programs (average age of youth = 11.4, 53 % female). The prevalence of such practices was relatively high, particularly for forms that involved low power sharing such as involving youth in selecting the activities a program offers. Hierarchical linear modeling revealed positive associations between youth program decision-making practices and youth motivation to attend programs. We also found positive correlations between decision-making practices and youth problem-solving efficacy, expression efficacy, and empathy. Significant interactions with age suggest that correlations with problem solving and empathy are more pronounced for older youth. Overall, the findings suggest that involving youth in program decision-making is a promising strategy for promoting youth motivation and skill building, and in some cases this is particularly the case for older (high school-age) youth.