An Update on the Hazards and Risks of Forensic Anthropology,Part II: Field and Laboratory Considerations

This paper focuses on potential hazards and risks to forensic anthropologists while working in the field and laboratory in North America. Much has changed since Galloway and Snodgrass published their seminal article addressing these issues. The increased number of forensic practitioners combined with new information about potential hazards calls for an updated review of these pathogens and chemicals. Discussion of pathogen hazards (Brucella, Borrelia burgdorferi, Yersinia pestis, Clostridium tetani and West Nile virus) includes important history, exposure routes, environmental survivability, early symptoms, treatments with corresponding morbidity and mortality rates, and decontamination measures. Additionally, data pertaining to the use of formaldehyde in the laboratory environment have resulted in updated safety regulations, and these are highlighted. These data should inform field and laboratory protocols. The hazards of working directly with human remains are discussed in a companion article, “An Update on the Hazards and Risks of Forensic Anthropology, Part I: Human Remains.”     

Occupational exposure to traumatic evidence and posttraumatic stress symptoms in forensic science professionals: Prevalence and patterns

Forensic science professionals are routinely exposed to potentially traumatizing evidence. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of occupational posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among forensic science professionals, identify job-related correlates of PTSD symptoms, and examine the role of social support in mitigating PTSD symptomology. In response to recruitment through the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors, and Evidence Technology Magazine, 449 forensic science professionals participated in the current study. Results found that 73.5% (n = 330) of the overall sample experienced at least one work-related traumatic event consistent with meeting Criterion A for PTSD, and these rates were higher for field-based respondents (n = 203, 87.9%). The prevalence of past-month provisional PTSD was 21.6% for the full sample. Disaggregated PTSD rates were 29.0% and 14.5% for field-based and non-field-based respondents, respectively. These rates were 6- to 8-fold higher than the past-year prevalence of PTSD in the general US population, estimated to be 3.5%, and were found to be at least as high as those observed in prior epidemiological research with non-treatment seeking members of the US military deployed to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Results further showed that social support was protective against PTSD symptomology. The high rates of occupational exposure to trauma and consequent PTSD symptomology observed in this large sample of forensic science professionals highlight the under-acknowledged psychological risks of these occupations and the need for enhanced attention to mental health resources for these professionals.     

基于风险控制的职业健康和安全管制权力配置研究

职业健康和安全管制本质上属于社会性管制的范畴,其管制过程受到经济市场个体理性与政治市场制度选择的双重影响,这两个要素之间也存在着相互影响、相互制约的关系。权力配置作为外生性制度环境的要素基础,对内生性的经济市场理性具有调节作用,并决定着管制风险的发生概率和管制均衡的实现程度。论文从风险控制与效率优化的角度分析了职业健康和安全管制权力配置的边界、形态及其对权力协作、管制均衡所产生的影响。论文以此为分析框架,分析了不同时期中国职业健康和安全管制的权力配置形态、效率状况及风险控制等问题。论文认为,中国职业健康和安全管制的权力配置应实现由多元分散式协调管理模式向一元单向式综合管理模式的转变。     

All Boys Club or Gender Differences? Male Officers Perception of Female Officers’ Workplace Experiences in Federal Law Enforcement

Since the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, there has been a vast body of literature demonstrating women’s difficulties integrating into all levels of law enforcement. While scholarship continues to highlight women’s experiences in the workplace, very little research has incorporated male officers into the dialogue. Using survey data collected from 324 male and female federal law enforcement officers employed by a mid-sized federal law enforcement agency, this study examines gender differences on perceptions to women’s workplace occupational barriers. We find that there are gender differences between the experiences encountered by female officers and the perception of male officers to those experiences, most notably sexual discrimination and a perceived glass ceiling to promotions. The differing perceptions are shaped by gender stereotypes and mild remnants of a masculine culture that continue to exist throughout law enforcement.     

监察吏治的实现障碍——以明代监察官职务犯罪为视角的考察

与中国古代官僚制度几乎同生同长的监察制度,到有明一代,已发展成为严密细致、多层次、多元化的制度网络。可以说,一个监察系统,足以折射出明代近三个世纪的官僚政治实况。明代监察制度最为重要的特点是:一方面充分体现了专制皇权统治的高度强化;另一方面亦体现了对监察官自身职务犯罪的全面防范。明代监察法制最具实质性的意义,主要体现在制度预防上,而这一作用的发挥,因受立法上的局限和司法上人为因素的影响而被极大地削弱了,成为明代监察吏治的实现障碍。     

职业病鉴定制度的“诉讼化”改革

现行职业病鉴定制度具有＂仿诉讼化＂的特点,但仍然在公正性、便民性、权利性和救济性等方面存在一定的制度弊端,今后需要沿着＂诉讼化＂方向深化改革,切实保障劳动者公正获取职业病诊断和鉴定的权利。     

当前工会劳动保护监督的机遇和作为

劳动保护监督是中国工会工作的一个薄弱环节。近年来,国内外形势的发展,给工会劳动保护监督提供了机遇。中国工会应该把握时机,乘势而上,把维护劳动者的职业安全健康权作为维权的最大行动。     

建筑工程施工涉及的劳务法律性质探析

建筑工程施工中,劳务承包大致可分企业自带劳务承包、成建制的劳务分包、零散的劳务承包三种情形。在这三种形式的劳务用工中,有些施工工人与其直接雇主只能建立劳务关系,无法建立劳动关系,并无法享受需要建立劳动关系才能享受的社会保险待遇给付以及最低工资标准、加班费等有关劳动福利。     

A Pragmatic Approach to Designing Changes Using Convergent Interviews: Occupational Violence Against Paramedics as an Illustration

Developing a change program to address complex problems can appear overwhelming. This study presents how an inductive diagnostic technique known as convergent interviewing can provide a summary of the critical issues that could be addressed by a change program. A systems perspective is used to show how the issues raised by the diagnostic process can be targeted in order to have the most effect and be pragmatically implementable. The use of the tool is illustrated by analysing an employee problem that needs to be addressed in public services, the high rates of occupational violence against paramedics. The resulting inductive systems model can be used for diagnosis or for informing a variety of change interventions. Convergent interviews are relatively easy to use, powerful, and applicable to many situations. This tool is particularly useful for developing innovations regarding a specific problem, changes that could be a source of substantial public value.     

OHSMS保护工人职业安全卫生的认识和实践

职业安全卫生管理体系 (OHSMS)是由国际劳工组织 (ILO)提出的对企业的职业安全卫生工作进行系统管理的标准及方法。我国已经开始了推广、认证工作 ,这也是广大工会劳动保护工作者应当参予的一项重要工作。本文论述了OHSMS的内容、特点及笔者参与企业该项工作实践的体会