Educational Intentions Among Prison Inmates

The aim of the study was to examine the impact of geographical and cultural affiliation and learning problems on prison inmates' intentions to embark on education above their obtained level of education. Younger inmates, inmates who had reading or writing problems and inmates with less geographical and cultural affiliation to Norway were significantly more likely to report that they wished to start upper secondary school than older inmates, inmates who had no reading or writing problems and inmates with a strong affiliation to Norway. Likewise, younger inmates, inmates who had a non-Norwegian affiliation and inmates who had no problems with arithmetic or mathematics were significantly more likely than others to say that they wished to embark on university studies or other higher education.     

关于监狱史研究的若干问题

中国监狱史研究 ,起步晚 ,发展较慢 ,不少理论观点值得商榷或需作深究。如 :关于封建狱制完备时期的确立问题 ;录囚制度的起源及发展的定位问题 ;我国历史上第一部监狱法典的认定问题 ;以及中国监狱史发展的特征问题等。深入研究这些问题 ,对于我们了解监狱的过去 ,吸取经验教训 ,管理监狱 ,改造监狱具有重要的历史意义和现实意义     

论监狱行刑程序的基本原则与制度

公正科学的监狱行刑程序是监狱行刑法治实现的基础。科学的监狱行刑程序的建立,应当在一定的基本原则指导下,通过具体的制度表现出来。对于监狱行刑程序而言,合法、公开、基本人权、效率是其价值的基本追求,也是有关监狱行刑程序规范的基本原则。只有遵循这些原则,与之相关的监狱行刑程序的制度才能建立和实施。     

关于实现监管安全成本最优化的几点思考

监管安全是监狱工作的核心,合理配置监管资源,优化监管安全成本,调整财力投向,整合人力资源,加大科技投入,回归监狱职能,是目前我国监狱体制改革的重要内容之一。     

以国家审计为视野重构监所检察监督模式

监所检察权是检察机关的一项重要权能,目前主要通过在监管场所设置派驻检察室的模式来行使检察监督权。长期以来。这种设置派驻检察室的监督模式存在很多问题,其中派驻检察人员与监管场所“同化”的问题最为突出,导致监督效果不佳。需要借鉴国家审计监督模式的经验,改目前派驻检察为主的监督模式向派驻检察与巡回检察并重的过渡模式,并最终实现巡回检察为主的监督模式。     

囚犯论:从“边缘”到“中心”——于爱荣等的“监狱人文五论”解读之四

《监狱囚犯论》遵循科学的规律,理性地看待罪犯,融入宽容、正义、法治、权利、民主等现代行刑理念,确立罪犯在监狱改造中的主体地位.主体地位的确立,意味着罪犯必须对其犯罪行为负责;意味着罪犯对自己的矫正负有重大责任,是矫正的主导者.在罪犯的权利尊重、保障和实现上,将罪犯权利置于人权的高度,置于公民权利的同等位置,罪犯的权利就是公民的权利,因而一样地神圣.监狱要成为正义和尊重罪犯权利的一个阵地,监狱警察要真正成为罪犯新生活的领航者.     

Brown,Governor of California v Plata

This case note examines the controversial decision of the US Supreme Court which, by a majority of 5:4 held that California should reduce its prison population as overcrowding levels gave rise to cruel and unusual punishment. The implications of the case for the interpretation of when prisoners' rights under the Eighth Amendment are breached, the separation of powers are discussed; the possible impact on prison rates in the USA is also examined.     

Reassessing the alcohol-violence linkage: Results from a multiethnic city

This article examines the relationship between alcohol availability and nonlethal violence at the census-tract level in Miami, a multiethnic city with high levels of disadvantage and immigration. The effects of alcohol (total outlet rate) are considered from the perspectives of social disorganization and routine activities theories. Nonlethal violence is the average annual rates of robbery, aggravated assault, and total violence (combined aggravated assault and robbery). The analyses include corrections for spatial autocorrelation. The results show that alcohol availability has strong positive effects on rates of nonlethal violence and that the percentage of recent immigrants is also a significant positive predictor.