A follow-up study of sex offenders treated by Thames Valley Sex Offender Groupwork Programme, 1995–1999

The following paper is a reconviction study of 183 sex offenders treated by the Thames Valley Project between 1995 and 1999. Some demographic details are provided about the sample. Subjects were monitored for a mean of 3.9 years. A total of 10 subjects (5.4% of total) were reconvicted for a further sexual offence. A further 19 men (10.3%) either had allegations made against them or committed a behaviour that may have involved or been the preparation for further sexual offending, defined here as “recidivism”. Details about post-treatment behaviour were drawn from three sources: two national police databases which indicated any formal sexual reconviction and the files kept on each sex offender registered with Thames Valley Project (TVSOGP), a multi-funded community-based sex offender treatment programme. The pre-treatment re-conviction risk status of each man was calculated using part one of the Risk Matrix 2000 algorithm (static factors). Risk levels were compared for those where reconviction, re-offending or recidivism was identified and those where it was not and a correlation was found in the predicted direction although this was not statistically significant. The advantages and limitations of this kind of follow-up study are discussed, together with some recommendations for future research.     

Attachment-based practice with adults: understanding strategies and promoting positive change. A new practice model and interactive resource for assessment,intervention and supervision

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test whether attachment styles change over the course of a sex offender-specific treatment programme for incarcerated adult male sex offenders. To measure attachment styles, 44 male sex offenders (treatment n = 26, waitlist n = 18) completed the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) and the Adult Attachment Scale (AAS). The results indicated that treatment participants showed significant decreases in levels of anxious attachment measures from pre- to post-test. Furthermore, the results from the RSQ 2-factor showed that participants in the treatment group demonstrated a significant decrease in avoidant attachment levels at post-test compared to the waitlist group. The results from the AAS showed that participants in the treatment group demonstrated a significant decrease in dependent attachment levels at post-test compared to the waitlist group. Implications of results are discussed.     

Child Sex Offender Public Disclosure Scheme: The views of applicants using the English pilot disclosure scheme

Abstract

A limited Child Sexual Offender Disclosure Scheme was launched in England and Wales in 2009–10. Drawing upon data from an evaluation of the pilot scheme, this paper explores the views of applicants seeking a disclosure. In particular, the paper considers issues around the low take-up, perceptions of satisfaction and more broadly the role of the scheme in providing reassurance to the public about child sexual offenders in the community. Interestingly, while perceptions of satisfaction with the scheme were high, anxieties about child sexual offenders were not necessarily alleviated by the scheme, and in many instances were heightened.     

Effects of the criminalizing policy of sex work in Spain

The aim of this study is to analyse the effects on sex workers of new regulations that ban the practice of street prostitution in Spain. This country has not traditionally maintained a clear policy regarding prostitution. However, in recent years there has been a clear turn towards the criminalization of behaviours related to voluntary prostitution. The city councils of several Spanish cities have banned the practice of street prostitution and sanctioned it with fines issued to both prostitutes and clients. Even if few studies on prostitution have been carried out in Spain, none of them had yet analysed the effects of the adoption of civic ordinances on sex workers.In this paper we present the results of an empirical research carried out with a sample of 79 sex workers – in 20 cases with in-depth interviews – to explore the effects of the new regulation on their labour conditions.     

就业歧视诉讼救济体系的构建——《就业促进法》第三章“公平就业”的展开

《就业促进法》对公平就业作出了专章规定，这是很有必要的，但原则性太强，缺乏可操作性和可诉性，特别是和诉讼机制的衔接问题制约着《促进就业法》和其它法律中对公平就业的实现，这就需要完善和创新诉讼机制，要建立一个以私益诉讼（包括传统的民事诉讼和行政诉讼）为基础，以公益诉讼为补充，以宪法诉讼为后盾的符合中国国情、立体的诉讼体系，为劳动者公平就业提供全方位的、各种方式相互衔接和补充的立体的有效的保障网络。     

纤维的检验及其新方法

纤维是刑事案件、交通事故等各类案件中可利用的重要物证。本文总结了纤维检验中。从外观形态、化学性质、光学性质、热性能、分子结构等角度检验纤维种类。尤其是单根纤维检验的方法：评价了双折率法、小角度激光散射法、差热分析法、裂解气相色谱法、红外光谱法在实际应用中的检测效能：展望了激光拉曼光谱法等新方法的应用情况。     

On terror, drugs and racial profiling

We show that for racial profiling (defined as policy rules that employ statistical discrimination based on racial attributes) to be efficient in fighting ordinary crime, it needs to focus on the racial composition of marginal offenders. Efficiency thus may counter-intuitively call for targeting the group with the lower offending rates. In the context of terror, however, it has to be based primarily on differences in offending rates across racial population groups (group-wise averages). We demonstrate that, assuming correlation between race and crime, racial profiling would nearly always be efficient. Finally, we discuss equity considerations and suggest that if awarding compensation is perceived to be a viable policy option, it should be paid on an ex ante basis.     

数据驱动学习在促进同义词辨析能力中的效度研究

词汇习得既是二语习得的关键点又是难点所在,特别是同义词的习得,更是词汇深度发展过程中的＂瓶颈＂。通过实证研究,语料库为基础的数据驱动学习在同义词辨析教学中有较为显著的优势且有助于目标长时记忆的形成,能有效提高学生同义词的语感,增强辨析能力。     

利用椎体进行个人识别的研究进展

个人识别在法医实践中占有重要地位,主要包括判定种族、推断身高、判定性别和推算年龄。本文综述了近年来国内外利用椎体进行个人识别的成果,并对椎体个人识别的研究进行了展望。     

吉林省城镇劳动力市场中的性别工资差异

针对吉林省城镇劳动力市场中男性和女性劳动力的行业分布和工资水平差异,应用微观经济计量方法对性别工资差异进行分解分析的研究结果表明,吉林省城镇劳动力市场中存在着明显的性别工资差异,行业内部性别工资歧视是造成性别工资差异的主要原因,而性别行业分割是造成性别工资差异的次要原因。