Community perceptions of a public sex offender registry introduced in Western Australia

Abstract

Publically accessible information about sex offenders through an online registry of sex offenders has been a polemic issue for governments, police and the wider community with debate largely driven by community expectations of police ensuring the safety of children and women from sexual predators. In October 2012, Western Australia became the first and currently only state or territory in Australia to allow public access to a three tiered register via the Community Protection Website (CPW) that would be monitored by West Australian Police. The introduction of this website triggered significant debate across the country. A survey was developed to capture the opinions of members of the public who had accessed the online registry to understand their views of the online tool and its purpose as a form of community safety. Findings from the survey reveal that the community lacks understanding of the prevalence of child sexual abuse and the fact that a child is more likely to experience sexual victimization within the family unit. There is also a need for greater community education and awareness about the purpose and limitations of the CPW as many believed that all sex known sex offenders are publicly registered, therefore creating a false sense of security.     

贵州非法剧毒鼠药滥用情况调查及分析

为进一步了解贵州省非法鼠药销售及使用状况,对该省使用剧毒鼠药的情况进行了调查,对收集的样本进行了成分分析。调查结果为领导部门打击非法制售急性剧毒鼠药活动、防止恶性中毒事件和投毒杀人案件的发生提供第一手数据。     

Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum

Abstract

One of the main criticisms of direct democracy is that it places excessive demands on voters. Are citizens competent enough to vote directly on policy issues? When stakes are high, do citizens mainly follow elites’ signals or do they decide in line with their issue preferences? This article addresses these questions in a multi-method setting by combining observational and experimental data from an original three-wave panel survey conducted during the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum. In particular, Finite Mixture Models are employed to model voters’ heterogeneous strategies of information processing. Findings show that heuristic voting based on government evaluation prevails over policy-related voting. More specifically, less politically sophisticated and partisan voters relied on government assessment as a heuristic, while sophisticated and independent voters based their decisions mostly on their assessment of the reform. Implications for the question of citizens’ competence in direct democracy are discussed.     

未成年人全面调查制度若干问题之探讨

未成年人全面调查制度是未成年人刑事司法制度的重要发展,具有正当性基础,但其中若干重要问题仍存在争议。该制度名称应为"未成年人全面调查制度",未成年人"社会调查制度"、"未成年人人格调查制度"的称谓均不准确。全面调查的主体既可以是公安机关、人民检察院和人民法院,也可以是经三机关委托或者许可的有关组织、机构和辩护人。全面调查报告属于证据。在制定有关未成年人的法律以及司法解释时需要"接力",但更要"给力"。     

Public servants or police soldiers? An analysis of opinions on the militarization of policing from police executives,law enforcement,and members of the 114th congress U.S. house of representatives

Despite the dramatic rise in use of militarized weapons, equipment, and tactics by police departments across the nation, no study has examined the opinions of those responsible for designing, funding, and implementing police militarization in the United States. Therefore this study collected and analyzed opinion data from 465 key stakeholders from the 114th Congress U.S. House of Representatives, law enforcement executives, and local police officers regarding police militarization. Results suggest that while most practitioners and policymakers favor police militarization, Congress and law enforcement differ in support of critical issues such as oversight of military procurement programs, use of surplus military weapons and vehicles, and overall support for the militarization of policing in the United States.     

警察心理压力问卷调查分析

警察职业是高风险、高负荷、高强度的"三高"职业,压力普遍较大。压力是外界要求与个体自身能力、或个体价值需求与外部条件不相匹配而产生的难以应付的身心紧张状态。通过对在职民警的警察心理压力问卷调查及相关分析、差异检验等实证的分析,进一步认清警察心理压力的产生。     

Why (most) Indonesian businesses fear the ASEAN Economic Community: struggling with Southeast Asia’s regional corporatism

By the end of 2015 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had ushered in a common market, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). However, the groups most affected by it – small businesses – were bypassed in the decision-making process. They are the victims of a selectively inclusive state corporatism which member countries have transferred from their domestic political system to the regional level. In this article I argue that the decision to create the AEC was promoted by ASEAN governments together with foreign economic and local corporate interests. This coalition was able to frame the AEC in a way that small businesses perceived it as a win-win scheme. Empirically the article focuses on Indonesia.     

“兴地睦边”农田整治重大工程调查研究

搞好土地整理,不仅改善农业农村的生产生活条件,提高农业综合生产能力,促进新农村建设,还将从根本上缓解土地资源供需矛盾,保障经济社会可持续发展。西部生态建设地区云南省“兴地睦边”农田整治重大工程是国土资源部在云南省西南边境地区开展的一项兴边富民工程,重点对区域内田、水、路、林、村等进行综合整治,并配套较完备的农田基础设施。该文认为项目的建设对改善区域农业生产环境、提高当地人民生活水平、促进边境地区民族团结、维护边疆稳定产生重要意义,并就项目的实施、管理、研究等问题提出了建议。