Sexual offenders with serious mental illness: prevention, risk, and clinical concerns

Individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who have also engaged in illegal sexual behavior present a unique challenge for our legal and clinical systems. Frequently, these individuals may engage in problematic sexual behaviors which result in hospitalization rather than incarceration, and an overburdened and resource-deficient public community mental health system is ill-equipped to address the seriousness of these sexual behaviors. We have a rather limited understanding of how prevention programs, intervention strategies, and risk assessment would work with this population. Here we evaluate data from a sample of 245 inpatient psychiatric sexual offenders in a forensic mental health setting and compare these with what information has already been presented in some of the literature. Through an examination of seriously mentally ill sexual offenders and their clinical presentation, legal history, and risk management concerns, we illustrate a variety of tertiary prevention needs. Future directions in the area of prevention and risk management for seriously mentally ill sexual offenders are also discussed.     

蓝色电工胶带的扫描电镜／能谱法检验

目的研究不同品牌蓝色电工胶带的检验方法。方法利用扫描电镜／能谱法对蓝色电工胶带进行检验。结果11个厂家生产的15种品牌的蓝色电工胶带组成的105组样品对有104组可以区分,区分率达到99．0％。结论扫描电镜／能谱法能够区分绝大多数蓝色电工胶带,该方法具有操作简便、快速、结果准确的优点,能够用于同色电工胶带的鉴别。     

利用长时平均FFT功率谱进行话者识别

长时平均FFT(fast fourier transform)功率谱是利用快速傅立叶变换FFT方法算出的每帧的短时频谱的长时平均。FFT功率谱中可以直观反映出基音周期以及各谐波能量、频率、形态和它们相互的组合关系,同时能反映出谐波能量较高的尖峰所对应的声道共振峰。根据本实验,对元音提取长时平均FFT图谱进行图谱形态比对和重叠比对,是话者识别的有效方法。     

The questionable advantage of defense counsel in juvenile court

This article examines the issue of legal representation in serious juvenile delinquency matters in three diverse juvenile courts. The prevalence of legal counsel varied among felony referrals. Out-of-home placement was more likely to occur if a youth had an attorney, even when other relevant legal and individual factors were the same. Within each court, the results showed more likely of placement corresponding to seriousness of the case. Although this escalation was evident among cases with attorneys and those without, placement was more apt to occur when there was legal counsel. Given these findings, we offer recommendations for issues that should be considered and possible policy actions.     

Two arch criteria of the ilium for sex determination of immature skeletal remains: A test of their accuracy and an assessment of intra- and inter-observer error

Although the assignment of sex to immature skeletal remains is considered problematic, some traits have been considered useful for both forensic and bioarchaeological applications. One such trait is the arch criterion found in subadult ilia, which is defined relative to the greater sciatic notch-auricular surface area. In adults, the composite arch has also been described in relation to this area and has proven relatively successful in sex determination. This study offers an examination of the accuracy of the arch criterion and the composite arch in determining the sex of subadult skeletal remains, and an assessment of intra- and inter-observer scoring error. A sample of 97 skeletons of known sex and age (<15 years) from the Lisbon collection (Portugal) were selected and the traits were scored by three observers on orthogonal photos of each ilium. In general the agreement within (67.7–88.5%) and between (50.5–76.3%) examiners was poor and overall accuracy (26.7–52.6%) did not meet the expectations of that reported in previous studies. The authors suggest that this derives from great variation in morphology, difficulties in interpreting criteria and possibly a lack of association between the expression of the traits and sex. Careful examination of sex-related morphology in the immature skeleton and additional blind tests of so-called useful traits should continue to be carried out.     

The GAme oF monopoLy AND AnTi-monopoLy

正It’s time for the developing world to take action to defend its own marketIn the past month or two,an array of antitrust investigations against foreign companies by Chinese authorities has attracted extensive attention worldwide.While some international business lobbyists have made complaints and spun these     

容留他人吸毒罪相关问题解析

在我国的司法实践中,毒品案件不断攀升,为能准确把握容留他人吸毒罪相关难点,可从该罪的犯罪构成、容留对象、场所、共犯、证据采信等方面予以全面分析,进而为实际判定厘清思路。     

对“消灭前科”呼吁的思考

在我国，理论界众多学者强烈呼吁建立前科消灭制度，实践中也有地方进行了尝试。然而，尽管轻刑化是我国未来刑罚立法的必然趋势，但由于国情的不同，当前建立类似于前科消灭制度的轻刑化制度的时机还不成熟。而且，前科并不是刑满释放者再社会化的唯一障碍，前科消灭还会与档案的真实性本质发生冲突。     

论知识产权法的合同限制

权利人通过合同执行区别定价策略来获取知识产权法下难以获得的利益,属于权利的私人定制.权利人通过合同对知识产权权利限制制度予以反限制、对知识产权法不保护的客体提供保护、对知识产权进行知识产权法之外的限制,这些合同条款可否执行需要我们谨慎考虑其合法性.通过合同执行区别定价既有可能具有激励创新之效应,也有可能存在对公共利益侵蚀之威胁,因此需要在利益平衡原则的指导下,以合同法维护契约正义的制度为核心来考虑这些合同条款是否违反了知识产权法的强制性规定、是否属于排除对方主要权利的格式合同、是否属于显失公平之情形.