ON BEING A CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATOR: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CHALLENGES,RISKS, AND REWARDS

Conducting child custody evaluations is one of the most complex, challenging, and sometimes risky professional endeavors that a mental health professional can perform. This article examines the professional and personal challenges which may be encountered by the evaluator. In addition to discussing the role requirements and need to maintain awareness of bias and countertransference, challenges such as coping with state board or ethics complaints and possible risks to personal safety are also addressed. Suggestions for risk management and coping with the demands of these assessments are offered, as well as the benefits and rewards of engaging in this important work.     

An experimental study of a therapeutic boot camp: Impact on impulses, attitudes and recidivism

Two hundred thirty four adult male inmates entering prison were randomly assigned to an early release program in either a correctional boot camp or a large, traditional prison in the Maryland state correctional system. Boot camp releasees had marginally lower recidivism compared to those released from the traditional prison. A pre-test, post-test self report survey indicated the boot camp program had little impact on criminogenic characteristics except for a lowering of self control. In contrast, inmates in prison became more antisocial, lower in self control, worse in anger management, and reported more criminal tendencies by the end of their time in prison. Criminogenic attitudes and impulses were significantly associated with recidivism. The impact of the boot camp diminished to non-significance when antisocial attitudes or anger management problems were added to the models predicting recidivism. Implications for jurisdictions considering whether to operate correctional boot camps are discussed.     

论《天坛宪草》的国家权力配置

《天坛宪草》中国会与立法权力优越过度的国家权力配置具体表现为:超强的国会和立法权力;受到严格制约的总统和国务院以及行政权力;漂移的法院和司法权力;纵向的国家权力配置阙失;法律工具主义隐身于权力之争。国会与立法权力优越过度的配置模式与法律工具主义的缺陷成为招致宪法草案胎死腹中之命运的一个关键因素和直接诱因。     

行政检查公民的住宅必须使用搜查证

公民的住宅权受到宪法保护,政府是否可以通过行政检查来限制这种宪法权利,这就是本文要讨论的关键问题。行政检查与刑事搜查是不同的。相对于刑事搜查而言,行政检查的形式要件是比较简单的。既然行政检查和刑事搜查可能都会涉及被嫌疑人的住所,既然用检查证和搜查证都可以进入被嫌疑人的住所,那么两者就很容易被模糊界限而出现滥用的情况。如果行政检查不需要搜查证,那么警察是否还会刻意去获得搜查证?因此,降低行政检查的标准,就会出现以行政检查为虚、以刑事搜查为实的严重恶果。尤其当警察兼具行政执法和刑事侦查任务时,这种情况更难以避免。     

法国公务员行政赔偿责任制度评介

公务员行政赔偿责任涉及到行政相对人、公务员和行政主体三方的关系,是国家赔偿制度的重要组成部分,法国公务员行政赔偿责任制度历经发展,形成了以"个人过错"为核心的、允许行政相对人直接向公务员求偿的行政赔偿责任制度,并通过一系列判例确认了各项具体制度,易于操作,达到了合法性与效率之间的理性与平衡.     

民事诉讼是否可以附带行政诉讼

在行政争议与民事争议交错发生、民事争议与具体行政行为关联的情况下,争议的当事人可以有不同的诉讼选择,但诉讼的最终目的都是为了确定民事权利。建立民事诉讼附带行政诉讼制度有其充分的必要性与合理性。民事诉讼附带行政诉讼可以扩大审判权对行政权的制约监督范围,有利于提高司法效率、维护司法统一,充分保障公民、法人或其它组织的合法权益。     

关于我国网络信息安全应急的立法构想

随着网络信息技术的高速发展及其广泛应用,网络安全问题日益突出,网络紧急事件的不断增多亟待立法加以规范。通过对网络信息安全应急立法的价值定位即安全价值、效率价值和发展价值的研究,从我国立法现状及其存在的缺陷出发,结合国外有关立法经验,提出我国网络信息安全应急的立法构想。     

"有数量限制的行政许可"的立法解读及其适用

本文以利益衡量原则为指导来分析《许可法》第57条,试图达到以下三项目的:第一,以学界的共识—第12条第1项属于无数量限制的行政许可,第12条第2项属于有数量限制的行政许可—为前提,通过探讨”行为许可概念的性质来重新界定“有数量限制的行政许可”概念的法律内涵,指出“行为许可的有数量限制性”不必然导致“有数量限制的行政许可”。第二,以法律概念体系的逻辑一致性要求为检验标准,以新的“有数量限制的行政许可”概念为分析工具来探讨第57条的适用事项范围,并解决相应的逻辑矛盾。最后,以前述的分析为理论背景,为第57条的法律适用提出建议。     

行政侵权精神损害赔偿的适用

精神损害赔偿制度和行政赔偿制度是现代民主法治社会在侵权赔偿法律制度领域的两大重要成果。随着社会的发展 ,越来越多的人们将拿起法律武器 ,来维护自身的合法权利。处理行政侵权精神损害赔偿应准确确定其适用范围及损害赔偿的金额