Community Wise: Paving the way for empowerment in community reentry

Theoretical approaches traditionally applied in mental health and criminal justice interventions fail to address the historical and structural context that partially explains health disparities. Community Wise was developed to address this gap. It is a 12 week group intervention informed by Critical Consciousness Theory and designed to prevent substance abuse, related health risk behaviors, psychological distress, and reoffending among individuals with a history of incarceration and substance abuse. This paper reports findings from the first implementation and pilot evaluation of Community Wise in two community-based organizations. This pre–posttest evaluation pilot-tested Community Wise and used findings to improve the intervention. Twenty-six participants completed a phone and clinical screening, baseline, 6- and 12-week follow-ups, and a focus group at the end of the intervention. Measures assessed participants' demographic information, psychological distress, substance use, criminal offending, HIV risk behaviors, community cohesion, community support, civic engagement, critical consciousness, ethnic identification, group cohesion, client satisfaction, and acquired treatment skills. Research methods were found to be feasible and useful in assessing the intervention. Results indicated that while Community Wise is a promising intervention, several changes need to be made in order to enhance the intervention. Community Wise is a new approach where oppressed individuals join in critical dialogue, tap into existing community resources, and devise, implement and evaluate their own community solutions to structural barriers.     

关于加强社区青年思想政治工作的探讨

共青团加强社区青年思想政治工作就是要处理好工作的基本方式和基本内容问题。基本方式就是要做到培养社区理念与发展青年创造性相结合、强化服务与积极引导相结合、正面激励与社区救济相结合、团属工作和社会统筹相结合、项目实施和社会效益相结合、传统手段与现代工具相结合。基本内容就是要将党的基本路线方针政策与社会实际情况相结合、光荣传统与个人生活价值相结合、提高青年生活素质与社会服务相结合、参与创新与正确认识事物相结合。以便满足社区青年思想政治工作可持续发展的要求。     

坚持服务宗旨 促进社区卫生健康发展——对茂名市社区卫生服务问题的研究与展望

茂名市社区卫生服务存在卫生资源配置不够合理、初保工作缺乏有效措施、经济投入严重不足、认识模糊等方面的问题 ,应采取强化政府责任、制订社区卫生发展规划、引入市场机制、加强监督管理等措施 ,促进茂名社区卫生服务健康发展     

论社区矫正的研究对象

由于我国在立法上没有对社区矫正的对象予以明确规定 ,因此 ,社区矫正的研究对象还存在争议。从学理上看 ,社区矫正的研究对象可以分为刑罚惩罚条件下适宜社区矫正的对象、其他条件下适宜社区矫正的对象和行政处罚条件下适宜社区矫正的对象。对这一问题的研究 ,有助于社区矫正的科学定位     

论信息化与社区警务

社区警务是第四次警务革命推出的一种警务模式,具有主动型、防范型、服务型的特点。信息化在社区警务中的作用不可或缺。开展信息化社区警务是新时代公安工作的要求。     

试论我国农村社区正式组织的角色功能--一个社会学的个案研究

从农村基层社区正式组织的基本结构和运作模式实地调查来看,农村社区组织对社区的整体社会生活承担着一种综合的、非专门化的角色功能;农村社区组织在处理国家与社会的关系、与社区成员的关系时,采取的是制度行动与非制度行动相结合和"综合目标导向之下"的博弈均衡策略.同时,由于国家权力在农村基层社区的退却,改变了社区组织角色的功能定位与扮演的原有模式,虽然增强了基层社区自治与自主的权利,却也带来了资源分散、社区动员困难、失控或脱节的不利影响.     

论公共利益的法律边界

界定公共利益的内涵,需要从公共利益的公共性、抽象性与政府关系的特殊性、非排他性以及相关性等特征入手,论证公共利益的法律边界,进而强调公共利益决策主体的多元性、政府代表公共利益的法治性以及捍卫公共利益的责任性。     

非传统安全视角下的东盟国家问领土边界争端及解决思路

从非传统安全视角看,东盟国家间领土边界争端与经济安全、文化安全和生态安全等因素密切相关。资源储量丰富的区域、文化古迹和无国界的生态体系都成为引发东盟国家间领土边界争端的因素。从安全角度讲,建构东盟“安全共同体”是一条解决东盟国家间领土边界争端有效可行的途径。     

社区警务的含义及特点

社区警务的实质是一种以警民合作为核心的警察哲学和由此衍生出来的以预防为主、以民为本的警务策略。其特点在于在重视打击的同时也重视防范 ;强调与社会公众合作 ;强调以社区服务为基本形式 ;组织策略是充分授权的 ;重视警民关系。社区警务最根本之处在于深入社区、警民合作、依靠群众。     

Paradigm Muddle or Paradigm Paralysis? The Wide and Narrow Roads to Restorative Justice Reform (or,a Little Confusion May Be a Good Thing)

McCold (2004 McCold, P. (2004). Paradigm muddle: The threat to restorative justice posed by the merger with community justice. Contemporary Justice Review, 7: 13–35. [Taylor &; Francis Online] , [Google Scholar], this issue) argues that community justice and balanced and restorative justice (BARJ) models confuse people and distort the restorative justice movement. We argue that there are many sources of confusion and explain the differences between these approaches. Neither model poses any threat to restorative justice, and both community justice and BARJ can garner new support for restorative justice. We respond to misleading portrayals in McCold’s account of these movements (and of our writings about them) and suggest that more time should be spent on truly critical debates within the restorative justice movement, and in confronting real barriers to restorative justice reforms.