Rethinking Race, Gender and Citizenship: Black West Indian Women in Costa Rica, c. 1920–1940

This article brings Afro‐Caribbean women to the fore of a discussion of Costa Rican citizenship. It explores the relationship between ideologies of gender, imageries of black womanhood, and the dialectic of citizenship and exclusion. It examines how the efforts of the black elite to achieve citizenship through assimilation generated inter‐class tension which centred on ideas of female morality. It explores the absence of political platforms for poor black women excluded by such strategies and argues that while Costa Rican feminists succeeded in challenging the ideological system of gender they failed to challenge issues of race and class.     

社区戒毒刍议

本文旨在通过对戒毒应向社区延伸原因的分析以及对怎样开展社区戒毒的方法和模式的探讨，达到降低复吸率，远离毒品，告别毒品的目的。     

湖南省城市居民小区治安防控体系建设调查报告--以长沙市城市居民小区为参照

文章以长沙市城市居民小区治安防控体系建设调查情况为参照,分析了当前湖南省城市居民小区治安形势的基本状况,认为当前城市居民小区的治安状况不太乐观,治安防控体系虽然有了一定的规模,但还存在不少的问题,小区居民治安防范意识还比较淡薄,居民参与治安防范的积极性还不是很高,小区治安防控体系不够完善,治安防范的硬件建设不是非常的齐全,管理不是十分到位,而且一些社会外部因素也对小区的治安状况产生了直接的影响.要消除上述问题,必须以社区警务建设为龙头,全面推进居民小区治安防范工作;充分发挥居民小区社区管理机构的管理组织功能,促进安全文明社区建设;加强小区的各项硬件建设,完善小区自我防范功能;提高居民的自我防范意识和维护社会治安的参与意识.     

构建深圳社区警务模式的几点思考

面对深圳社会治安情况的复杂局面,需要认清社区警务建设存在的问题,全面深化社区警务战略,积极构筑城市立体治 安防范体系;要坚持群防群治,全面落实治安防范机制社会化。     

作用于新弱势人群的社区服务初探

新弱势人群(NewVulnerableGroups)是在我国社会转型期出现的特殊群体,其性质、地位的特殊性以及数量上在整个弱势群体所占比重之大,都应使我们认真对待。社区服务的实施对新弱势人群有着独特的作用。我们只有认真研究当前社区服务作用于新弱势群体的现状,作好现阶段社区服务,强化社区服务的功能,构建完备社区保障体系,构筑社区综合救助机构,才能最终实现对新弱势人群的社区保障福利和社区服务的作用最大化和最优化的目标。     

从城乡关系演进规律看农村社区管理城市化的必要性

党的十六大提出的"全面建设小康社会"和"城乡统筹"不是孤立的,而是相互联系在一起的.建设全面小康社会的重点在农村,关键要克服我国二元社会结构所造成的城乡管理体制严重脱节的问题,即实行城乡统筹.结合国际发展经验,本文认为,只有通过农村社区基础设施建设标准和管理机制的城市化,才能将城乡统筹的发展思想落到实处,才能有效建设全面小康社会.     

新加坡邻里警察中心

新加坡独立 4 0多年来 ,从一个脏乱的犯罪之都 ,发展为世界文明城市国家 ,主要归功于新加坡警方面对社会化进程与经济的发展中的诸多新问题 ,及时作出调整。他们学习日本的交番制度 ,创设了邻里警岗 ,并进一步发展为邻里警察中心。新加坡的社区警务为我国建设社区警务提供了借鉴     

济南市失业女性社区就业状况调查

我国社区就业存在巨大的发展潜力,如何通过有意识地发展社区服务业以促进再就业成为当前各级政府部门的重要工作任务,是理论界关注的热点问题.通过对济南市失业女性社区就业的基本状况、社会支持网络和再就业过程中遇到的困难等问题的分析,来探讨目前我国失业女性社区就业的现状,推动我国社区服务事业和再就业工程更好地向前发展.     

Coordinated Community Intervention for Domestic Abusers: Intervention System Involvement and Criminal Recidivism

This study examined prosecution and post-prosecution elements of a coordinated community intervention approach to male perpetrators of adult domestic violence. In a sample of 235 cases, recidivism was assessed from official criminal justice data during a 12- to 18-month period after cases were initially handled by the Baltimore, Maryland State's Attorney's Domestic Violence Unit. Court orders for domestic violence counseling were associated with significantly lower criminal recidivism for battery or violation of a civil order of protection. Lower criminal recidivism was also associated with the cumulative effects of successful prosecution, probation monitoring, receiving a court order to counseling, attending counseling intake, and completion of counseling. Individuals with greater involvement in this intervention system had lower recidivism rates, even though offenders with more extensive abuse histories experienced more intervention. Results provide qualified support for coordinated community intervention for domestic violence perpetrators.     

Community organization and gang policy response

Analysis of agency response networks in 21 urban areas reveals that the adoption of policy responses is significantly related to social network location. In the 1988 National Youth Gang Intervention and Suppression Program survey, agency representatives were asked to list agencies with which regular contact was maintained in the process of dealing with the youth gang problem. Policy response is measured by the adoption of four policy responses: (1) making staff training available, (2) having a policy for dealing with youth gang problems, (3) having a policy in writing, and (4) attempting to influence legislation on the youth gang problem. Rasch modeling supports the scalability of the four items. The STRUCTURE program is used to identify elements of network structure within each community-specifically cliques and equivalence structures. A generalized linear model analysis of variance of the policy response scale reveals that structural equivalence and clique membership account for 54% of the variation in policy response. An examination of clique means indicates that network structure may retard as well as enhance policy response adaptations. In policy terms, this finding suggests that network structure should be mobilized by those who wish to develop a unified, national-level response to youth gang problems at the local level.