After the Fukushima Disaster: Japan's Nuclear Policy Change from 2011 to 2012

This article analyzes why and how the cabinet of Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) decided in September 2012 to phase‐out nuclear power plants by 2039—the decision representing a large policy change from previous energy‐supply policy, in which the dependence on nuclear power would continuously grow. In doing so, this article examines the causal relationship between three factors identified on the basis of theoretical models explaining policy change; change in the governing coalition from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to DPJ in 2009, the Fukushima accident, and the change in public opinion. Based on opinion poll and deliberative polling data, as well as discourse analyses of DPJ leaders’ statements, the article concludes that the change in public opinion on nuclear energy after the Fukushima accident was crucial in inducing the DPJ's decision to phase‐out nuclear power plants by affecting DPJ leaders' interests in vote‐ and office‐seeking. Finally, I discuss the applicability of the theoretical models developed on the basis of U.S. pluralistic cases to Japan and the issues to be explored for the further development of policy process models.     

Left Diaphragm Laceration Due to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

External cardiac massage is the essential life‐saving gesture for the management of any cardiac arrest. Since the 1960s, many recommendations have been published to improve the effectiveness of chest compressions alongside the development of automated systems intended to maximize the chances of survival. The use of these manual and/or instrumental techniques can cause secondary injuries, of which rib fractures are the most commonly observed by forensic pathologists. However, a comprehensive review of the literature seldom highlights reports of injuries to the abdomen, even less so to the diaphragm. In this observation, an iatrogenic left diaphragmatic laceration for the first time is described, as a result of manual and instrumental cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in a victim from an intrathoracic wound caused by a bladed weapon.     

跨国毒品犯罪的形势与对策研究

当前,全球毒品走私已形成完备的走私路线和产、供、销网络,成为一个没有国界的全球性行业。对策:1.坚持堵源截流,疏压结合;2.与东南亚国家经济合作;3.加强跨国毒品案件侦查;4.加强区域性禁毒执法合作;5.增加缉毒科技含量;6.完善禁毒立法;7.加强国际禁毒合作。     

人格因素对监管警察心理健康的影响

本研究采用问卷法和访谈法,以黑龙江省哈尔滨市和齐齐哈尔市479名在职监管警察为被试,发放由人口统计学资料、16PF人格因素量表和SCL-90量表组成的题本,集中施测.运用SPSS13.0统计分析软件包对测试数据进行处理,得出如下结论:监管警察的心理健康水平低于中国常模,且与中国常模差异显著;不同群体监管警察心理健康状况存在差异;监管警察的人格因素与中国常模存在差异;不同群体监管警察人格因素存在差异;人格因素对监管警察心理健康有影响.     

在神圣与世俗的边缘游走——温州模式与民间信仰之关系初探

温州模式的形成和发展与温州民俗文化密切相关,其中民间信仰扮演了很重要的角色。温州模式所包蕴的敢为人先、吃苦耐劳以及抱成团等温州人精神都与该地域的民间信仰文化有关。本论文主要从三个层面展开论述民间信仰与温州模式的深层关系——民间信仰为温州模式的创造者筑就了一道道精神“防火墙”;温州人通过民间信仰强化了温州人原有的血缘、地缘和业缘等关系;温州人生活在一种门槛的阈限阶段,游走于神圣与世俗之间。同时,本论文还对温州民俗文化进行了初步的省思。     

涉枪涉爆案件临战处置措施探析

本文旨在对涉枪涉爆这两类严重刑事犯罪案件的现场警戒保护、现场急救灭险、追缉堵截、搜索搜查、通缉通报、围捕围歼等措施进行探讨。     

基于数据挖掘技术对公安犯罪分析的改进

数据挖掘技术是一种新兴的计算技术与方法。它分为数据库数据挖掘、Web数据挖掘和文本数据挖掘三种。将数据挖掘技术应用于公安犯罪分析中,可以改进公安机关对犯罪分析的自动化处理过程,实现信息服务质量的提高,由此使数据库更有效地发挥作用。     

Unpacking public justification

ABSTRACT

This brief response to Greenfeld’s caveat submits that public justification is not omnipresent, but can extend, and has extended, beyond the modern, liberal West. Subscribing to a thin, rather than thick, conceptualization of public justification, we chart the contested contours of public justification, and urge scholars of this emergent field to clarify their own take before advancing pertinent theories and case studies. We briefly expound the nature and historical roots of both ‘justification’ and ‘the public’, suggesting that their amalgam into public justification transcends the modern, liberal West.     

Why does it happen? Explanations for men’s violence against women by women with interpersonal victimization histories

Men’s violence against women (MVAW) has been identified as a critical sociocultural problem. Gaining a better understanding of perspectives on the etiology of violence held by women with histories of male-perpetrated interpersonal violence provides insight into the processes of victimization and recovery. Furthermore, emerging research suggests that feminist beliefs may facilitate recovery and impact how survivors of MVAW perceive it. In this study, we aimed to explore, in women with histories of interpersonal violence, (1) the ways they explained the high prevalence of MVAW and (2) associations between the strength of their feminist beliefs and the participants’ explanations. Female college students (N = 32, ages 18–22) participated in qualitative interviews in which they were first presented with published statistics about the frequency of MVAW, then asked to provide explanations for the high prevalence of this phenomenon. Individual responses clustered into one or more of four factors: (1) societal influences, (2) blaming women, (3) familial influences, and (4) characteristics of men and women. The extent to which participants identified with feminist beliefs was associated with how they perceived their own victimization. Women who endorsed strong feminist beliefs more frequently cited societal influences on MVAW, whereas women who endorsed feminist beliefs less strongly were more likely to blame women for it and offered stereotypical views of women as passive and fragile.     

The Motivated Processing of Political Arguments

We report the results of an experiment designed to replicate and extend recent findings on motivated political reasoning. In particular, we are interested in disconfirmation biases—the tendency to counter-argue or discount information with which one disagrees—in the processing of political arguments on policy issues. Our experiment examines 8 issues, including some of local relevance and some of national relevance, and manipulates the presentation format of the policy arguments. We find strong support for our basic disconfirmation hypothesis: people seem unable to ignore their prior beliefs when processing arguments or evidence. We also find that this bias is moderated by political sophistication and strength of prior attitude. We do not find, however, that argument type matters, suggesting that motivated biases are quite robust to changes in argument format. Finally, we find strong support for the polarization of attitudes as a consequence of biased processing.