Prisons or Problem-Solving: Does the Public Support Specialty Courts?

ABSTRACT

Recently, “problem-solving” courts have been developed as an alternative to imprisonment. They are often called “specialty” courts because they process and divert into treatment programs offenders who are seen as different from the general criminal population, such as those with mental health or drug problems, those who are homeless or veterans, and those who engage in domestic violence. Based on a 2017 national survey of 1,000 respondents, the current study examines overall public support for rehabilitation as a goal of corrections and then focuses specifically on support for different types of specialty courts. The analysis reveals that the American public endorses not only the rehabilitative ideal but also the use of problem-solving courts. Further, with only minimal variation, strong support for these courts appears to exist regardless of political orientation and sociodemographic characteristics.     

受欺凌青少年的“沉默真相”及其行动逻辑——基于代际情感互动的视角

受欺凌青少年向父母保持"沉默",隐瞒被欺凌经历的现象十分普遍。本文从代际情感互动视角出发,通过网络民族志和深度访谈发现,当子代向亲代部分或全部披露欺凌事件,亲代继续实践日常情感互动模式会产生"虚假情感理解"甚至对子代进行身体惩罚,此外长时间的不良代际情感互动会导致受欺凌子代产生负面预期,为避免痛苦"再生产",理性的个体以向亲代保持"沉默"来进行自我保护。代际情感共同体建构是受欺凌子代实现共有感受期望的前提,代际情感互动的时空界限是真实理解受欺凌子代情感需求的基础,消解或转移受欺凌子代负性情感是打破沉默的关键,进而有助于家长理性参与校园欺凌干预,防范校园欺凌风险。     

New Zealand lawyers and conveyancers disciplinary tribunal cases involving vulnerable clients, 2011–2017*

ABSTRACT

This research analyses disciplinary decisions of the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal (NZLCDT) from 2011 to 2017 that involve vulnerable clients. Increasingly, scholarship discusses vulnerability as an ethical concept, including in the legal context. Based on published decisions, the present study inquires whether some legal clients’ vulnerability warrants special attention. Twenty-five of the 193 clients in the NZLCDT decisions qualified as vulnerable based upon age, gender, mental health/neuro-disability or immigrant status. The results may inform disciplinary bodies and inspire preventive strategies by lawyers, educators and regulatory bodies. Ultimately, this evidence-based analysis magnifies the importance of client-centred approaches to risk reduction in legal practice.     

生态环境损害赔偿磋商与司法衔接关键问题探析

生态环境损害赔偿磋商的结果及磋商协议的性质是磋商与司法衔接走向的决定性因素。根据《生态环境损害赔偿制度改革方案》,生态环境损害赔偿磋商应解读为民事性质。由此产生对磋商协议的司法确认和后续的申请人民法院强制执行问题,此为磋商与司法衔接的第一重关系。生态环境损害赔偿磋商、生态环境损害赔偿诉讼也有相较于环境民事公益诉讼的优先性,此为生态环境损害赔偿磋商与司法衔接的第二重关系。在这两重关系的框架内,具体衔接过程中如何操作则属需研究的细节问题。     

构建我国高等学校诚信教育环境的对策研究

诚信教育是高等学校德育教育的重要内容,也是一项复杂的系统工程。它不仅需要学校大力加强学生自身诚信素质的培养,而且需要良好的外部环境的熏陶与配合。构建良好的高等学校诚信教育体系,对高等教育的健康发展和人才培养有着深远的作用和意义。     

海外知识产权诉讼应诉基金设立的思考

随着当前经济贸易的发展,国内企业在海外频遭知识产权纠纷。本文试图探讨一种成立海外知识产权应诉基金的模式,以行业协会为首合力应对国外强大的知识产权压力。     

我国大陆与台湾地区搜查要件之分析研究——比较法视野的考量

集侦查行为与强制处分于一身的性质决定了搜查制度的设计必定无法避免控制犯罪与保障人权之间的冲突,而矛盾冲突的解决之道在于谋求调和而非片面牺牲,要在尽可能的范围内谋求并存的方案,并且,在迫不得已时容许最小限度的牺牲。虽然我国宪法已明确昭示“国家尊重和保障人权”,然     

法经济学视角下的转轨期的中国立法

本文针对转轨期的中国立法,采用法经济学的成本效益的比较分析方法,探讨了计划经济向市场经济转型过程中的矛盾冲突,分析了传统管制向公共规制和立法博弈发展的理论和现实。     

The Effect of Negotiation Practices on the Relationship between Suppliers and Customers

This article examines the effects of negotiation practices, such as coercion and contract formality, on how suppliers and customers perceived the resulting business relationship. We conducted a purchasing negotiation simulation with students in a classroom setting in which participants competed for resources in a mock supply-chain context. The participants were surveyed at key stages of the ongoing negotiation in order to measure their behaviors as a customer–supplier relationship developed. The data were used to test several hypotheses developed from the marketing and purchasing literature. The hypotheses were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
Results demonstrated that the use of coercive techniques by negotiators during negotiation had a negative effect on satisfaction. In addition, the findings showed that, as expected, negotiators entering a negotiation with a cooperative orientation would tend to avoid the use of coercive practices during negotiation. The cooperative orientation also exhibited an unexpected positive effect on the formalization of the design of the contract between the parties. This study contributes to the current knowledge base focusing on the creation of agreements between companies and will, we hope, encourage the integration of suppliers and customers in an operating context within a supply-chain setting.