PROFILING AND POLICE LEGITIMACY: PROCEDURAL JUSTICE,ATTRIBUTIONS OF MOTIVE,AND ACCEPTANCE OF POLICE AUTHORITY*

This paper reports the results of four studies that investigate racial profiling as an attribution about police motives. Each study explores, first, the types of police behavior that heighten or lessen the occurrence of profiling attributions and, second, the consequences of such attributions. Results support prior studies in finding that judgments about whether the police are profiling are associated with the level of public support for the police. The studies then extend the analysis of subjective profiling judgments by examining their antecedents. The findings support the procedural justice hypothesis that the fairness with which the police exercise their authority influences whether members of the public view the police as profiling.     

将执行力的理念融入警务工作--兼论警务工作如何抓贯彻落实

执行力是个全新而又传统的概念.作为现代企业管理学中的理念,将之对照警务工作中存在的问题加以应用,可以开拓思路,提升警务工作的执行能力.     

THE DELINQUENCY OF CHILDREN BORN TO YOUNG MOTHERS: RESULTS FROM THE ROCHESTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STUDY*

This paper examines the relationship between a mother's age at first childbirth and the delinquent behavior of her children. Using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS), an ongoing longitudinal study of adolescent development, we found that children born to mothers who began childbearing at a young age were more prone to general delinquency, violence, and arrest than were children born to mothers who began childbearing when they were older. This “early first‐birth effect” was far larger in white and Hispanic families than in African‐American families. Mediating analyses found that the early first‐birth effect was most attributable to the unstable composition of families in which early childbearing occurs. That said, a substantial portion of the effect remains unmediated.     

宗教文化与社会稳定

宗教文化对社会稳定具有其独特的功能与作用。宗教文化在社会稳定中的功能主要表现为世界观功能、补偿功能、调节功能与整合功能四种。宗教文化通过宗教信仰与宗教道德的感召力与威慑作用促进社会秩序的稳定,同时宗教文化又因其自身的禁欲主义、排他性、单向度权利义务特征、以及欺骗性而成为动摇社会稳定的一大渊薮。     

《治安管理处罚法》实施中的初步成效与问题━━对四川省部分地区的调研

《治安管理处罚法》自2006年3月1日实施以来,在违法行为整治、警察权力规范等方面初步显示出其法制效力。但与此同时,也显现出一系列的新情况、新问题,如治安处罚、民警执法、传唤未成年人证人和通知家属等方面都出现了一些新问题,有待《公安管理处罚法》的完善。     

SEX‐BASED DISPARITIES IN FELONY DISPOSITIONS BEFORE VERSUS AFTER SENTENCING REFORM IN OHIO*

Extending Koons‐Witt's (2002) study of whether sex‐based disparities in imprisonment likelihoods changed under sentencing guidelines in Minnesota, we examined similar models for Ohio with additional analyses of felony conviction likelihoods and sentence length for 5,472 felony defendants from twenty‐four trial courts. The main effects of a defendant's sex on imprisonment were significant during both periods (unlike the Minnesota findings), consistent with a chivalry perspective. Random coefficient models revealed that these effects were similar across the twenty‐four jurisdictions. Analyses also revealed significant postguideline reductions in sentence length disparities based on a woman's race and number of dependent children, yet increased disparities in imprisonment likelihoods postguidelines based on a woman's race and whether she was convicted on drug charges. These and other findings are discussed in the context of the Ohio legislature's implementation of a sentencing scheme that retains considerably more judicial discretion relative to Minnesota's template.     

论行政规则在司法审查中的地位

行政规则可称为内部规范性文件 ,① 在行政执法实践中具有重要的地位。行政规则具有约束下级机关及其所属公务人员的效力 ,而行政机关基于行政服从的义务必须遵守行政规则 ,从而使得行政规则具有了间接影响行政相对人权利和义务的法律效果。因此 ,法院在对具体行政行为进行合法性审查时 ,不可忽视对行政规则的审查 ;对合法有效的行政规则应该在裁判书中适当地加以引用。     

STRICTLY LIABLE: GOVERNMENTAL USE OF THE PARENT–CHILD RELATIONSHIP AS A BASIS FOR HOLDING VICTIMS LIABLE FOR THEIR CHILD'S WITNESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Studies estimate that between three and ten million children in the United States witness domestic violence annually. Although studies have demonstrated a co‐occurrence of domestic violence and child abuse, there is no concrete evidence to support the assumption that a child's exposure to domestic violence increases the risk to the child of abuse or neglect. Recently the New York State Court of Appeals determined that a child's witness to abuse does not suffice, in and of itself, to show that removal of the child is necessary or that removal is in the “best interests” of the child. Programs which have developed alternatives to presumptive removal understand the importance of viewing the interests of the battered parent and children as being in accord with each other rather than in opposition. Private and government sponsored programs have demonstrated some success in protecting the parent‐child relationship, ensuring the safety of both parent and child, and increasing accountability of batterers while reducing the necessity for removals. Alternative programs are less costly to the state than foster care, and emotionally less costly to the families.     

公安机关盘问、留置权的特性与运用

公安机关要切实做到合理、合法运用盘问、留置措施,关键要准确把握好特定性、限定性、广泛性、两重性、特殊性、规范性六个特性。     

“双刃剑”:负面新闻传播的政治效应

新闻传播与社会政治运行关系密切,特别是负面新闻的传播对政治的影响更为显著,它既可以发挥稳定政治并促进其发展的积极效应,如促进政策法规完善、整合力量化解危机、监督社会引导国民、宣泄民意舒缓矛盾;也可以产生影响政治阻碍其运行的消极作用,如造成社会盲动、引发错误思潮、腐蚀政治关系。新闻工作者所进行的传播活动都是为人民大众、为国家建设服务的,在负面新闻的传播过程中,应努力做到及时公开、真实报道、科学传播以及数量掌控,发挥其正面效应,保障社会政治的健康运行。