Transphobic discourse and moral panic convergence: A content analysis of my hate mail

Recently, new social anxieties about transgender people have begun to emerge, framed as an issue of “grooming”—a term typically used in the context of child sexual abuse. In this way, moral panic about transgender people seems to be merging with oft-repeated social fears about pedophilia, resulting not only in policies criminalizing trans people and their allies but also in escalating hatred and threats toward trans-affirming educators. This pattern requires further inquiry. As a trans academic who has been at the center of moral panic, my own hate mail can provide material for this exploration. I conducted a content analysis of 231 letters and e-mails sent to me containing messages of hate, to answer the following research questions:

1. What beliefs and understandings did my correspondents indicate having about me and my research?
2. To what extent did my correspondents’ beliefs and understandings about me reflect intersecting contemporary moral panics around trans and queer people, pedophilia, and educators?
3. What stated or implied goals did my correspondents aim to achieve by writing to me?

The findings of this study can add to understanding of how moral panics can converge, and the consequences of their convergence for marginalized groups in academia and beyond.     

A study in contrasts

In this personal view of a 'second generation' psychoanalyst in Vienna, private life events are counterposed to political and social developments in Austria over the last twenty-five years, leading up to the phenomenon of Jörg Haider and the recent formation of the new Austrian government including his Freedom Party (FPÖ). In particular, de Mendelssohn discusses the resurgence of openly antisemitic utterances and racist electoral platforms, both against the larger background of historical precedents and against the smaller one of a psychoanalytic study group set up to enquire into the unconscious motives and fantasies involved in this resurgence. Although the emergence of public prejudice is an alarming sign, de Mendelssohn points to mitigating factors. On the one hand there is the possibility of seeing Austria as a 'test case' for similar, often more actively violent eruptions in other European countries, one in which coping strategies may be developed while there is still time. Here he sees the EU sanctions against Austria as fully justified. On the other hand there is an active and younger generation and a solid history of civil protest that may help strengthen Austria's rather weak democratic traditions. As an analogue to Freud's individual psychoanalysis, in which the 'return of the repressed' is seen as a painful experience but necessary for insight and growth, the resurgence of quasi-racist politics in Austria may be seen as a necessary result of long years of being more or less taboo, with the hope that there can be a 'working through' of inter-generational dislocation and social amnesia.     

追踪与研判:《南海行为准则》制定问题的研究动向

本文梳理了近年来国内外学者关于《南海行为准则》制定问题的最新研究成果,试图在一定程度上展现学界对准则问题的基本认知,以期为相关部门和国内学界开展进一步的对策研究提供有益借鉴。在行为准则制定工作久拖不决的情况下,部分学者倡议的先行尝试制定岛屿规则、专属经济区行为规则等"准则单行本"或绕开《联合国海洋法公约》而另行创制《南中国海海洋法公约》等新观点尤其值得国内重视和研究。     

异常点分析法在案件侦查中的应用研究

异常点是统计学领域中的一个重要术语,是与其他数据有着显著不同的数据点。同样,在案件侦查过程中也有这样的异常点,因此将异常点分析法引入案件侦查工作中,通过比对、分析案件相关数据,发现异常点,能为侦查案件提供方向,提高侦查案件的效率。     

Out of sight,but not out of mind: Traces of nearby devices' wireless transmissions in volatile memory

An IEEE 802.11 wireless device can leave traces of its presence in the volatile memories of nearby wireless devices. While the devices need to be in radio range of each other for this to happen, they do not need to be connected to the same network—or to any network at all. Traces appear in the form of full wire-type frames; a residue of the signals in the ether. We examine types of information that can be extracted from such residual frames and explore the conditions under which traces develop and persist. Their availability is determined by factors in both in the external environment (the types of signals in the ether) and the internal environment (the configuration and particulars of a device's wifi stack). To isolate some of these factors, we have created memory dumps of devices in various environments and configurations. Analysis of the dumps has offered insights into the conditions determining creation and decay of the traces. The results indicate that they will be available in a limited number of real-world scenarios. We conclude with practical advice on triaging and preservation.     

荣格的情结理论与犯罪动机

深刻理解犯罪动机是犯罪侦查和犯罪防控的需要，而对犯罪动机的深入研究有赖于刑事实践和科学理论，尤其是心理学的重要成果作基础。作为荣格分析心理学基石之一的情结理论，在犯罪动机研究中拥有理论和实践的双重价值。因而，从情结角度考察犯罪动机，对理解犯罪动机的结构、类型及其发展变化具有重要的理论价值和实际应用价值。     

我国侦查程序分流的制度化构建

侦查程序分流顺应了近代刑罚观的转变,有利于缓解沉重的司法压力和有限的司法资源之间的矛盾,其在两大法系国家已经得到了不同程度的肯定,并且发挥了重要的作用,但是我国至今仍未在侦查阶段确立分流制度,而其在我国确立是必然的和可行的。因此,应该在借鉴相关国家的做法的基础上,从适用条件、适用范围、适用程序以及配套制度的完善等方面构建我国的侦查程序分流制度。     

论规范分析方法的核心要义——基于法学的视域

作为法学特有方法的规范分析方法并未得到"认真对待",学界对该方法的本体存在着"融合论"、"规范论"和"逻辑思维论"的学说分歧。为有利于该方法在法学研究中的运用,确立如下要义对该方法而言是必要的:规范分析方法的作用对象是一国现行有效的法规范整体(即实在法体系),其秉持"价值中立"的价值立场,是逻辑分析、语言分析等方法所构成的方法体系。     

行为分析法在《思想道德修养与法律基础》课教学中的应用

具有法律意义的行为,都存在合法与非法、善与恶的涵义,都有其思想根源。在大学生德育教学中,通过对具体行为的合法性、善恶、思想根源三个层次的分析,既能加深对思想、道德、法律三者联系的认识,又能加深对具体行为的立体认识,更有针对性地校正自身行为。     

中国共产党与社会关系的回顾与思考

政党与社会关系是政党政治的基本关系。政党与社会关系,与政党所肩负的历史使命紧密相连。中国共产党的90年,是不断深刻认识和调整党与社会关系的90年。中国共产党与社会的关系经历了三个不同的发展阶段。在长期执政条件下,正确处理政党与社会的关系,加强和改善党对社会的领导,是中国共产党领导方式的根本性变革。