走私犯罪若干疑难问题之探析——兼评《关于办理走私刑事案件适用法律有关问题的意见》

走私犯罪的主观故意只能是直接故意,司法机关对走私人的主观心理状态认定存疑时应允许适度的司法推定,不宜将走私犯罪中的"概括故意"与"认识对象错误"相混淆。海关工作人员受贿又放私构成牵连犯,按从一重罪从重处断。对单位与个人犯走私普通货物物品罪,不能因为主体不同而规定不同的起刑点。在一次走私行为中既走私普通货物物品又有其它特定物品的,属于并发的数罪,应实行数罪并罚。武装掩护走私应为一个独立罪名。     

浅谈过失相抵制度在审判实践中的应用

过失相抵是当受害人对于损害的发生或扩大具有过错时 ,依法减轻或免除赔偿义务人的损害赔偿责任的制度。其构成要件有三 :受害人具有过错 ;受害人的过错行为必须是损害发生或扩大的原因 ;受害人行为是不当行为。审判实践中 ,适用过失相抵制度时应注意积极、慎重适用该制度 ,注意区分一般过失与重大过失 ,注重过失相低的方法。互殴案件不能适用过失相抵。     

Accuracy of comparison decisions by forensic firearms examiners

This black box study assessed the performance of forensic firearms examiners in the United States. It involved three different types of firearms and 173 volunteers who performed a total of 8640 comparisons of both bullets and cartridge cases. The overall false-positive error rate was estimated as 0.656% and 0.933% for bullets and cartridge cases, respectively, while the rate of false negatives was estimated as 2.87% and 1.87% for bullets and cartridge cases, respectively. The majority of errors were made by a limited number of examiners. Because chi-square tests of independence strongly suggest that error probabilities are not the same for each examiner, these are maximum-likelihood estimates based on the beta-binomial probability model and do not depend on an assumption of equal examiner-specific error rates. Corresponding 95% confidence intervals are (0.305%, 1.42%) and (0.548%, 1.57%) for false positives for bullets and cartridge cases, respectively, and (1.89%, 4.26%) and (1.16%, 2.99%) for false negatives for bullets and cartridge cases, respectively. The results of this study are consistent with prior studies, despite its comprehensive design and challenging specimens.     

案外人异议之诉

新民事诉讼法第204条虽然设置了案外人异议之诉,但规定过于简单,在该诉的构造和适用要件方面尚有诸多内容需要通过司法解释和司法判例加以充实和完善。案外人异议之诉是执行救济的一种方法和手段,其目的在于阻止或撤销执行机构对执行标的的执行,在性质上属于特殊的命令诉讼。案外人异议之诉适用于所有的对财产的强制执行。     

Error Rates,Likelihood Ratios,and Jury Evaluation of Forensic Evidence

Forensic examiners regularly testify in criminal cases, informing the jurors whether crime scene evidence likely came from a source. In this study, we examine the impact of providing jurors with testimony further qualified by error rates and likelihood ratios, for expert testimony concerning two forensic disciplines: commonly used fingerprint comparison evidence and a novel technique involving voice comparison. Our method involved surveying mock jurors in Amazon Mechanical Turk (N = 897 laypeople) using written testimony and judicial instructions. Participants were more skeptical of voice analysis and generated fewer “guilty” decisions than for fingerprint analysis (B = 2.00, OR = 7.06, p = <0.000). We found that error rate information most strongly decreased “guilty” votes relative to no qualifying information for participants who heard fingerprint evidence (but not those that heard voice analysis evidence; B = −1.16, OR = 0.32, p = 0.007). We also found that error rates and conclusion types led to a greater decrease on “guilty” votes for fingerprint evidence than voice evidence (B = 1.44, OR = 4.23, p = 0.021). We conclude that these results suggest jurors adjust the weight placed on forensic evidence depending on their prior views about its reliability. Future research should develop testimony and judicial instructions that can better inform jurors of the strengths and limitations of forensic evidence.     

合规顾问在有效合规整改中的作用

律师作为涉案企业聘请的合规顾问,在协助企业合规整改中可以充当三种角色：一是检察机关启动合规考察程序的申请者;二是第三方组织监督考察的应对者;三是检察机关合规验收听证的答辩者。为帮助企业实现有效合规整改的目标,合规顾问应通过积极工作,满足检察机关启动合规考察程序的基本条件,针对涉案企业发生犯罪的内生性结构原因,对其治理结构、业务类型、经营方式、商业模式、企业文化等做出有针对性的调整,消除那些容易导致犯罪发生的因素。在此基础上,合规顾问可以根据企业的规模、业务范围、行业特点、合规风险等情况,帮助企业建立一种体系化的专项合规计划,争取达到有效预防相关违法犯罪行为再次发生的效果。     

Tooth hop variability in human and nonhuman bone: Effect on the estimation of saw blade TPI

Forensic research has demonstrated that tooth hop (TH) is a valuable measurement from saw-cut bones as it can be used to estimate teeth-per-inch (TPI) of a saw used in postmortem dismemberment cases. However, error rates for TPI estimation are still under development and knowledge of how bone tissue affects TH measurements remains unclear. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of tissue variability through the use of different taxa on the accuracy and precision of TH measurements in the bone to estimate TPI of the blade. A total of 1766 TH measurements were analyzed from human, pig, and deer long bones cut by two 7 TPI saw blades of different tooth type. Fifty distance-between-teeth measurements before and after sawing were collected directly from each blade for comparison to bone-measured TH to assess potential effects of tooth wear on TH variability. ANOVA and F tests were used to compare mean TH and variance, respectively, by saw-species (i.e., crosscut-deer, rip-deer) and species groups (i.e., all deer, all pig), with significance determined at the p < 0.05 level. TH measurements were converted to usable TPI ranges, which would typically be presented in a forensic report. It is concluded that significant differences in TH (mm) do not necessarily reflect significant differences in associated TPI ranges of suspect blades. Forensic reports should report mean TPI ± 1.5–2.5 TPI while providing a sample size indicating number of TH measured rather than just number of cuts or cut surfaces examined.     

Mechanisms underlying response bias in deception detection

Abstract

The present research aims to explore the mechanisms underlying response bias in detection of deception. In addition to examining the predictive value of generalized communicative suspicion (GCS), age, and professional experience, the present approach also investigates the role of error weighting by testing the hypothesis that a greater concern about Misses is associated with a lie bias. In Study 1, we analyzed samples of (a) students, (b) police trainees, and (c) police officers. Results revealed an asymmetrical error weighting as the strongest predictor of response bias. Supporting our hypothesis, participants who were more concerned about False Alarms were particularly truth biased, whereas a lie bias was observed among those who were more concerned about Misses. In Study 2, we manipulated the error weighting in order to test its causal relation to response bias. Results again show the predictive value of asymmetrical error weighting for response bias in deception detection, and indicate that the effects of the manipulation are moderated by individuals' habitual error weighting.     

空间效应视角下中国省域碳排放总量的驱动因素分析

运用空间计量经济学模型实证分析中国省域碳排放的空间效应及驱动因素的结果显示,中国省域碳排放存在显著的空间自相关性和集群趋势,并主要集中在经济发达、人口密集和能源消费强度大的地区;能源消费强度、人口规模和人均GDP对碳排放总量影响显著,其中能源消费的影响最大;城市化、产业结构和技术创新对碳排放的影响不显著。该研究结论为我国城市化和产业结构升级进程中控制碳排放增量、国家和地方政府建立相应的碳减排鼓励政策和技术研发支持机制,以及各省域构建各具区域特色的低碳经济发展模式具有决策参考意义。