Digital Realism and the Governance of Spam as Cybercrime

Spamming is a major threat to the formation of public trust in the Internet and discourages broader civil participation in the emerging information society. To the individual, spams are usually little more than a nuisance, but collectively they expose Internet users to a panoply of new risks while threatening the communications and commercial infrastructure. Spamming also raises important questions of criminological interest. On the one hand it is an example of a pure cybercrime – a harmful behaviour mediated by the Internet that is the subject of criminal law, while on the other hand, it is a behaviour that has in practice been most effectively contained technologically by the manipulation of ‘code’ – but at what cost? Because there is not an agreed meaning as to what constitutes ‘online order’ that renders it simply and uncritically reducible to a set of formulae and algorithms that can be subsequently imposed (surreptitiously) by technological processes. The imposition of order online, as it is offline, needs to be subject to critical discussion and also checks and balances that have their origins in the authority of law. This article deconstructs and analyses spamming behaviour, before exploring the boundaries between law and code (technology) as governance in order to inform and stimulate the debate over the embedding of cybercrime prevention policy within the code itself.     

Lineup Identification by Children: Effects of Clothing Bias

This study examined effects of clothing cues on children's identification accuracy from lineups. Four- to 14-year-olds (n = 228) saw 12 video clips of individuals, each wearing a distinctly colored shirt. After watching each clip children were presented with a target-present or target-absent photo lineup. Three clothing conditions were included. In 2 conditions all lineup members wore the same colored shirt; in the third, biased condition, the shirt color of only one individual matched that seen in the preceding clip (the target in target-present trials and the replacement in target-absent trials). Correct identifications of the target in target-present trials were most frequent in the biased condition, whereas in target-absent trials the biased condition led to more false identifications of the target replacement. Older children were more accurate than younger children, both in choosing the target from target-present lineups and rejecting target-absent lineups. These findings suggest that a simple clothing cue such as shirt color can have a significant impact on children's lineup identification accuracy.     

“网络援助”系统工程的可行性探讨

首次提出了"网络援助"概念.网络援助系统的出现,可以以第三方介入的形式来帮助计算机应用人员缓解信息技术快速发展带来的压力,提高计算机应用人员的应用能力,从而缩小"技术鸿沟",秉持"普遍性服务"和"公平近用"的理念,挖掘信息技术的应用和发展潜力,以人为本,推动信息技术的普及.     

新闻从业者的媒介角色认知--兼论舆论监督的记者主体作用

调查表明,在上海这个国内经济活动最为活跃、舆论监督却乏善可陈的城市,"以天下为己任"的道德传统,依然是今天的新闻从业者个人价值体系中的重要底色。对于大多数新闻从业者来说,选择从事新闻工作,更多地是出于对大众传播媒介所能够担负起重要的社会道义责任的向往,同时也出于自身的兴趣爱好。至于对名利的追逐,显然并不是选择新闻业的首要因素。这一点,正是记者作为正在走向专业化的个体,在新闻媒介实行舆论监督当中发挥作用的重要思想基础。     

构建我国司法改革学

无论是学术界还是实务界的努力 ,我国司法改革所取得的成就都不是令人满意的 ,解决问题的有效方式是 :反思——重构。本着对我国司法改革重构的思考 ,作者对当前司法改革的三种主流研究范式进行了反思 ,在此基础上提出构建我国司法改革学 ,并对司法改革和司法改革学两个概念进行了界定     

加强公安科技队伍建设是落实科技强警战略的当务之急

公安科技队伍是公安队伍的重要组成部分,在落实科技强警战略、促进公安工作发展中起着举足轻重的作用。当前,公安科技队伍的建设现状还不能满足公安工作的现实要求。公安科技队伍中,人才数量不足、管理政策不明、整体素质不高、创新能力不强仍是制约公安科技发展的"瓶颈"因素。因此,要着力解决好以下问题:一是公安科技队伍的内涵界定与科学分类;二是公安科技队伍的现状及影响因素分析;三是公安科技人员的基本管理制度建设;四是公安科技队伍的评价激励机制设计;五是公安科技队伍的发展战略与对策研究。     

江泽民对"科学技术是第一生产力"思想的发展

"科学技术是第一生产力"思想是邓小平理论重要组成部分.江泽民作为党的第三代领导集体的核心,在建设有中国特色社会主义的伟大实践中,提出实施科教兴国战略、创新是国家兴旺发达的不竭动力等理论观点,丰富和发展了邓小平"科学技术是第一生产力"思想,对我们在新世纪实现中华民族的伟大复兴有着重大的现实指导意义.     

创新的维度--认识"创新"

创新是一个"民族进步的灵魂".我们正处在一个全面创新的时代.从各个不同的层面来充分认识和把握"创新"的内涵,是这个时代对我们提出的要求.     

红外光谱模式识别技术鉴定海洛因同一来源

本文应用红外光谱指纹图特征,通过研究模式识别检索的4种识别技术,考察对同一批次毒品的同一认定的置信度,从而筛选最佳鉴定方法.     

一种基于Otsu算法的印章二值化算法

本文提出了一种基于Otsu算法的印章二值化法.该算法通过对算法的改进,考虑了印章图象象素的灰度分布值和它们邻域象素的平均灰度值分布情况.并不是用于整幅印章图象,而是用于分块的印章图象.实验证明,该算法适合印章的二值化处理.