The horror of ‘horrorism’: laundering metropolitan killings

Abstract

Modern colonialism carries many names. But ‘horror’ is not one of them. How and why is this? Why does the slaughter of the ‘native’, the ‘Indian’ and the ‘slave’ not register as crime or horror? This essay explores these questions though a close reading of philosopher Adriana Cavarero’s Horrorism: Naming Contemporary Violence. Horrorism has become an increasingly influential source for critical international scholarship concerned with broadening the frames of violence beyond those offered by strategic and legalistic lenses. Its focus on the dismemberment of the body and discovery of a new form of ontological violence offer a fruitful avenue of inquiry for theorising the wounding and violation wrought by practices of terror and counter-terror. This essay cautions against such a supposition. A close reading of the key claims and conditions of possibility of horrorism reveals it to be constituted through the erasure of colonial violence. Tracing the lineaments of this erasure shows that horrorism functions not as a sign of newness but of Western revanchism in a time of crisis. However, this does not make horrorism redundant, for it offers valuable insights for understanding the pervasive failure to consider the horrors perpetrated by the West against non-Western others.     

公安特警体能训练方式与方法探析简

近年来，随着社会治安形势的复杂化以及我国警务改革的不断发展，公安特警需要经过特殊体能训练，掌握特殊技能，去执行特殊任务。特警具备良好的体能素质，有利于提高公安机关的整体执法战斗力。特警体能素质训练方法与手段，是在体能训练过程中完成训练任务所采取的途径、手段和方式。而公安特警体能素质训练中应正确运用和选择各种方法与手段，同时要妥善处理体能训练中常见的运动损伤，并做好预防工作。对公安特警体能素质的评价不能只依靠简单的几个量化指标来确定，而应从较能体现人体的基本活动能力的多个项目中科学选取确定。     

Does Controlling Behavior Predict Physical Aggression and Violence to Partners?

Using data obtained from women’s shelter residents, male and female students, and male prisoners, this study investigated the association between non-violent controlling behaviors, physical aggression, and violence towards a spouse (N = 264). It was predicted that only men and women involved in intimate terrorism (Johnson, Violence Against Women, 11(12):1003–1018, 2006) would use controlling aggression, and that physical aggression used by those involved in situational couple violence would be unrelated to controlling behavior. Contrary to predictions derived from Johnson’s theory, regression analysis showed that control accounted significant proportions of the variance in the use of physical aggression for all three relationship categories. Some support was provided, however, as it was found that the pattern of both interrelationships of the five types of controlling behaviors, and control and physical aggression, supported Johnson’s distinction.     

An Exploratory Study of Violence and Aggression Against Teachers in Middle and High Schools: Prevalence,Predictors, and Negative Consequences

ABSTRACT

Limited empirical findings suggest that teacher victimization at school is highly prevalent, with detrimental negative impacts on victimized teachers. Given the scarce body of literature on teacher victimization, further research is necessary to investigate its extent, predictors, and negative consequences. The present research, using a representative sample of 1,628 teachers in the southwest region of the United States, indicates a high prevalence of violence and aggression directed against teachers. Also, the research found that teachers’ uncertain and helping/friendly behaviors toward students were significantly related to various types of teacher victimization. Experiences involving the five victimization types (theft/property damage, physical assault, verbal abuse, sexual harassment, and noncontact aggression) are correlated with teachers’ self-reported job performance, student trust, safety at school, and thoughts about quitting. Directions for future research and policy implications are considered in the context of these findings.     

警察应不应该干预家庭暴力

充分认识警察干预家庭暴力的必要性与重要性是警察干预家庭暴力的前提。警察干预家庭暴力的必要性表现在三个方面:家庭暴力危害严重,应该干预;家庭暴力规律特殊,需要干预;有关法律明确要求,必须干预。警察对家庭暴力的干预有不可替代的重要作用,其作用主要源于警察工作的特殊性、身份的特殊性和职权的特殊性。基层派出所民警干预家庭暴力具有重要意义:求助方便快捷,干预及时效果好;预防方法多样,教育宣传辐射广;有效干预家暴,综合治理好处多。     

公安院校警体技能课余训练制约因素分析及机制构建探讨

正通过文献资料,实地访谈、坐谈和个案调查等方法,对四川警察学院以及部分同类兄弟院校警体技能课余训练现状进行了调查,分析探讨了当前公安院校课余训练开展过程中存在的问题,并针对问题提出理论支持和实践参考。研究发现,当前我国部分公安院校警体技能教育“重课堂、轻课余”现象仍然存在。课余训练科目单一、竞赛形式传统;学生终身体育意识不强;师资匮乏,能动性不高;场地设备有限;领导重视不够;课余训练管理保障机制欠缺等问题,是制约课余训练良性开展的主要素。     

Drawing the Necessary Line: A Review of Dating Domestic Violence Statutes around the United States

Orders of protection help combat dating violence by ensuring a period of separation between the victim and the abuser. The prevalence of dating violence is similar to that of spousal abuse and the effects on the nonmarried victims are just as severe. Some jurisdictions in the United States do not offer victims in dating relationships protective orders and two states restrict orders for same‐sex couples only. Other state statutes are inadequate. A uniform statute that permits participants in dating relationships access to protective orders should be implemented across the country.

Key Points for the Family Court Community:
• See and understand the changes in dating domestic violence statutes
• Up to date as of 2011 with 2012 amendments to state statutes

     

Predictors of Child Behavior Problems among Children of Female Vietnam Veterans

This study examined the impacts of intimate partner aggression by female Vietnam veterans and their male partners on their children’s behavior problems (N = 100 children). Veteran and partner psychological distress were also examined as potential mediators of these relationships. Results indicated that physical and psychological aggression perpetration by both the female veteran and the male partner was associated with child behavior problems. Contrary to expectations, psychological distress in the veteran and partner was not associated with child behavior problems and did not mediate the effects of physical and psychological aggression on this outcome.     

公安院校开设传统太极拳课程的功效探析

传统太极拳的练习能有效提升警察的身体健康水平,鉴于传统太极拳源于技击、发展于养生的特点,因此,公安院校把传统太极拳作为学员的警体训练的必修课,能提高警务人员的攻防实战能力和自我体能恢复能力。通过学习传统太极拳,还能促进公安院校学员对中华民族传统文化的了解,逐步培养学员的终生体育观,长期练习还能提高警务人员的预期寿命。