Human trafficking in the Netherlands: trends and recent developments

Notwithstanding the lift on the ban of brothels in the Netherlands during 2000, the introduction of the integral approach and other efforts to fight human trafficking; this trade still continues to exist within the licensed sector. Simultaneously, prostitution increasingly moved to Dutch cities with less strict regulations or control, and also to more invisible realms (escort services, internet). ICT facilitate this backstage informal sex work by offering a fluid, flexible, dynamic podium that is difficult to control. The internet is increasingly used by traffickers in order to recruit potential victims, to blackmail victims with images or by exploiting victims through webcam exposure. In 2005, human trafficking was extended in law towards exploitation in all labor sectors and, in 2011, illegal stay was criminalized in the Netherlands. This criminalization could hinder the fight against human traffickers.     

SAME SEX,DIFFERENT RIGHTS: AMENDING U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW TO RECOGNIZE SAME‐SEX PARTNERS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLEES

Overcoming a long history of anti‐gay sentiment preserved in federal immigration law, the United States has made admirable advances during the past two decades in the protection it affords gay immigrants. Despite this promising progress, and in contrast to the practices of all other industrialized democracies, the United States remains firm in its refusal to federally recognize any form of same‐sex partnership, a decision which bears directly on those relationships considered valid for immigration purposes. The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) represents the closest any proposed legislation has come to successfully granting immigration rights to gay immigrants. However, through its restrictive provisions, the UAFA fails to fully account for the needs of refugees, asylees, and their same‐sex partners. This Note argues that, while the UAFA is a step in the right direction, it does not go far enough to protect gay refugees and asylees. It further proposes that legislation be enacted which provides this unique segment of the immigrant population the opportunity to share their lives together, free from fear of persecution. It advocates for the use of the conjugal partner provision set out in Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act as a template for changes to U.S. immigration law, thereby expanding the category of relationships viewed as valid for the purpose of immigration.     

青少年性犯罪的动机类型与针对性预防措施框架

情感型、冲动型和好胜型的动机分类整体上涵盖了青少年性犯罪人群,针对类型化的青少年性犯罪动机建构预防措施具备理论与实证指导价值。应细心引导青少年走出感情迷茫,填充其思维空间,树立情感驱动型青少年性犯罪人正确的感情观念。以社会压力为前置力量、自我控制为终极推动的对合式自我控制引导青少年解除性神秘感。努力理解好胜驱动型青少年性犯罪人的文化挫折情绪,协助其生成与个人发展相契合的社会法则。     

Women Arrested for IPV Offenses: Abuse Experiences Yet Low Trauma Pathology

The purpose of this study is to explore how abuse experienced from a current partner and history of childhood abuse perpetrated by a parent are related to trauma symptomalogy in a sample of 82 women adjudicated for Intimate Partner Violence related offenses. Findings are mixed. Although a majority of the participants report some abuse from their partner and/or parent, both the degree of this violence and the presence of trauma pathology are lower than expected. Additionally, correlations between the three scales of partner abuse and the degree of posttraumatic sequelae are either low or did not meet significance. However, level of childhood abuse perpetrated by a mother is highly correlated with traumatic sequelae while childhood abuse from father is not. A number of reasons for these findings, which have implications for practice and future research, are discussed.     

Continuity in crime: Sex and age differences

This study deals primarily with the question of continuity in serious criminality. The study follows a cohort consisting of 15,117 individuals from the age of 15 years through the age of 30 years. The age-based transition probabilities are studied, both for males and for females, showing that the transitions for females conform to a first-order Markov chain, so that the original matrices can be seen as estimates from a single parent matrix. This was not the case for males. The predictive power of prior criminality for later transition probabilities is also studied. Finally, the difference between stating that a given percentage will relapse in crime and the ability to make real prediction is emphasized.     

试论减刑制度的运作机制

减刑的适用范围包括监禁犯和非监禁犯。适用减刑的根本性条件由三个基本元素组成,即悔改表现、立功表现以及重大立功表现。目前,我国减刑运作机制中存在着减刑标准过于量化、人为规定减刑比例、减刑权属不明以及监外执行罪犯减刑考察制度不健全等问题。应从完善计分考核制度、废止人为限制减刑比例的规定、重新配置减刑权和完善非监禁刑考察制度等方面对减刑运作机制进行改革和完善。     

STR和性别位点PCR产物的荧光自动检测

运用荧光染料标记引物、变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 (denaturingpolyacrylamidegelelec trophoresis,denaturingPAGE)结合荧光法检测6个STR位点 (vWA31A、TH01、F13A1、FES、TPOX、CSF1PO)及1个性别鉴定位点(Amelogenin) ,就荧光自动检测的重复性、准确性、分辩力等方面进行了研究 ,建立了6个STR位点等位基因判定视窗及用荧光DNA测序仪进行STR分析的方法 ,实现电脑自动判读结果。结果表明 ,本文所述STR和性别鉴定的自动检测方法可靠、分辨力高 (可达1bp) ,所得数据有助于荧光自动DNA分型软件系统的数据积累。