“My Kids,They Safe.”: Lived Experiences of Parents Receiving Child Neglect Allegations

Abstract

This study aims to explore parents’ lived experiences of receiving child neglect allegations and how they make sense of these experiences. The sample consists of parents who participated in a family preservation program following allegations of child neglect. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The findings suggest that parents resist neglect allegations, both by denial and minimization, partly due to their lack of clear understanding of what constitutes child neglect. Further, parents in this study tended to be reactive to meanings ascribed to the label of child neglect rather than the allegations per se. They seemed to experience internal conflict between their positive evaluations of their own parenting and what their neglect allegations might imply about their parenting. Parents also experienced emotional distress, such as concern about social stigma and fear of losing their parental rights, as they tried to make sense of their current situations. Suggested implications for practice include exploring parents’ subjective understanding of their allegations and considering their unique familial and sociocultural contexts from the outset of their involvement with child protective services (CPS) in order to build a collaborative working alliance.     

An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism: the new logic between religion and state in the AKP’s New Turkey

ABSTRACT

Since roughly 2011, the Turkish state and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been going through a process of mutual transformation. Some of the historical apprehensions, biases and frustrations exhibited by Turkey as a middle power have been absorbed by the relatively reformist AKP. Conversely, the AKP and its undisputed leader Erdo?an have seen their socio-political fears, power based conflicts and ethno-religious desires become dominant in all areas, including religion. As a consequence of this bilateral transformation, Turkey has become both an inclusionary and a hegemonic-authoritarian state, and at the same time a weak one. Within this new identity and structure of the state, Sunni Islam has become one of the regime’s key focal points, with a new logic. This article seeks to explain the transformation of the relations between the AKP’s Turkish state, religion and religious groups, by scrutinising Karrie Koesel’s logic of state-religion interaction in authoritarian regimes.     

The intersectionality of gender,sexuality, and religion: novelties and continuities in Turkey during the AKP era

ABSTRACT

This article argues that in the AKP era, gender and sexuality play a central role in reshaping the secular-religious divide to instil ‘yeni milli’ (new national) – or as AKP members call it, ‘yerli ve milli’ (homegrown and national)- values. Adopting a feminist and reflexive approach, this article seeks to demonstrate that Erdo?an and the AKP have used gender and sexuality-related issue areas not as diversions to highjack the public agenda, as it is often assumed, but as a medium to regulate the neoliberal redistribution of conservative values. After a brief presentation of the historical background of the gendered evolution of the secular-religious divide in Turkish politics, this article focuses on the following three particular cases: the policies and discourse on LGBTI rights; the link that was established between the reproductive rights of women and ethnic identity; and how the AKP created new types of ‘other men’ and ‘other women.’ The article also seeks to show that in each case the meanings attributed to the secular and the religious in the secular-religious divide have shifted accordingly and that shift was reflective of, and was used to instil the particular set of values supportive of particular political positions.     

甲基安非他命（冰毒）诱导基因表达变化研究进展

甲基安非他命进入机体后,其最根本的变化是引起了成瘾者许多基因转录和表达改变。这些基因包括与神经元损害有关的基因、与日节律有关的基因、与行为异常有关的基因及其它一些无法分类的基因。它们基因转录和表达水平增高或者降低引起了甲基安非他命成瘾者各种临床表现。研究这些基因表达可以为法医学鉴定提供依据。     

华东地区汉族人群D2S1399和D5S2500基因座的遗传多态性研究

目的研究D2S1399和D5S2500基因座在中国华东地区汉族群体遗传多态性。方法应用PCR、聚丙烯酰胺垂直电泳及银染技术检测D2S1399和D5S2500基因座的遗传多态性。结果D2S1399和D5S2500基因座在中国华东汉族群体分别检出11个和9个等位基因,其观察杂合度(Ho)分别为0.745和0.807,多态信息含量(PIC)分别为0.850和0.750,个体识别能力(DP)分别为0.958和0.917,非父排除率(PE)分别为0.554和0.643。结论D2S1399和D5S2500两个基因座是高度多态性STR基因座,在法医学中有重要应用价值。     

民主选举：从村级到乡镇级

最近几年的村民委员会改选实现了真正的民主选举。村级民主选举将从根本上动摇村干部配合乡镇政府乱收费的行为,但这会强化乡镇政府所属的众多的站、所、室及公司直接进入市场,征收费用。乡镇政府的市场介入会导致巨大的效率损失。因此,有必要规范乡镇政府行为,而实现乡镇级民主选举则是规范乡镇政府行为的必然选择。而且,从笔者论证的结果和选举实践来看,在我国实行乡镇级民主选举是可行的。     

学习“三个代表”的重要思想坚持全心全意依靠工人阶级的指导方针

江泽民同志提出的"三个代表",深刻揭示了在建设有中国特色的社会主义的整个历史进程中,党要始终不渝地坚持全心全意依靠工人阶级指导方针的历史必然性,既是对马克思主义党建理论的继承和发展,也是对马克思主义工运理论的继承和发展.     

壮族人群3个STR基因座基因频率分布及其法医学应用

研究3个STR基因座（D21S11、HumFGA、D19S253）在广西壮族人群中的基因频率分布及其在实际检案中的应用价值。以自制等位基因Ladder样品作为标准对照,用PCR结合PAGE技术对3个STR基因座的扩增产物进行分型。结果显示：D21S11基因座有14个等位基因,有44个基因型;HumFGA基因座有15个等位基因,40个基因型;D195253基因座有9个等位基因,23个基因型。经检验,3个STR基因座基因型分布均符合Hardy－Weinberg平衡,累计个体识别力（DP）为0．9995。3个STR基因座在壮族人群属高识别力遗传标记系统,在法医学个体识别及亲权鉴定方面有重要价值。     

草鱼胆汁提取物急性中毒的实验病理

研究草鱼胆汁提取物（鲤醇硫酸酯钠）对小鼠毒性作用的病理变化及其作用机制。按1．5LD50、1．0LD50和0．5LD50的剂量给昆明小鼠1次腹腔注射1％鲤醇硫酸酯钠溶液和按0．5LD50的剂量给昆明小鼠多次腹腔注射1％的鲤醇硫酸酯钠溶液,观察中毒小鼠各主要脏器的病理变化。中毒小鼠主要脏器的病理变化与草鱼胆汁中毒十分相似：心肌细胞水肿,严重者可见灶性肌溶解坏死;肾小管上皮细胞变性、坏死,肾小球滤过膜各层均有不同程度的病变。通过酶组织化学方法发现鲤醇硫酸酯钠对心肌SDH及CCO有明显的抑制作用。鲤醇硫酸酯钠是草鱼胆汁的主要毒性成分之一。     

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒北京分离株的ORF7克隆与序列分析

将北京地区猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒（ＰＲＲＳＶ） 分离株ＢＪ２ 和ＢＪ４ 的ＯＲＦ ７ 及部分３’端非编码区（ ＵＴＲ） 的ＲＴＰＣＲ 扩增产物克隆连接于ｐ ＧＥＭＴｅａｓｙ 质粒载体上,重组质粒经ＥｃｏＲ Ⅰ酶切鉴定后进行了双链测序。测定的基因序列与欧美标准毒株已知序列比较发现,ＢＪ２ 和ＢＪ４ 株与美洲ＶＲ２３３２ 株非常接近,在其长度为５５５ ｂｐ 的ｃＤＮＡ 序列中,仅与ＶＲ２３３２ 株分别相差１ 和２ 个核苷酸,其中ＯＲＦ ７ 的核苷酸序列与ＶＲ２３３２ 株同源性分别高达１００ ％ 和９９ ．４６ ％ ,其推导的氨基酸序列与ＶＲ２３３２ 株同源性分别为１００ ％ 和９９ ．２５ ％ ,３’ＵＴＲ 则完全相同;而与欧洲ＬＶ 株则有明显差异,其核苷酸序列同源性仅为６８ ．００ ％ 和６７ ．００ ％ ,推测的氨基酸序列同源性仅有６５ ．００ ％ 和６４ ．００ ％ ,且ＢＪ２ 和ＢＪ４ 株与ＬＶ 株相比缺失了ＫＫＳＴＡＰＭ 和ＡＳＱＧ 两段氨基酸序列,而３’ＵＴＲ 则比ＬＶ 株多出３８ ｎｔ 的一段特征性核苷酸序列。序列分析结果表明,ＢＪ２ 和ＢＪ４ 株属于同一基因型,且具有ＶＲ２３３２ 株的基因特点