FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCING AND CHILD PROTECTION MEDIATION: ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PRIORITIZING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN CHILD WELFARE CASES

Family group conferencing (FGC) and child protection mediation maximize family engagement in child welfare cases by prioritizing families' roles in discussions and decisions. This article examines how FGC helps professionals to focus on family and community strengths, encourages family engagement, and provides targeted case plans for families and timely, permanent placements for children. It explores how courts and agencies use these interventions to empower families to contribute to resolutions in ways that are not possible in traditional litigation processes. These complementary processes help children and families by providing forums where families are allowed to make informed choices and take an active role in creating plans for their future.     

企业集群发育形成过程中的创业机制分析

在探讨创业机制内涵的基础上,分析企业集群中的创业机制,从微观角度分析创业机制在企业集群发育、成长、升级过程中的作用,指出企业集群战略的基点和要旨是建立完善有效的创业机制。     

社会中间层与第三部门的经济法学辨析

社会中间层和第三部门都是社会学领域的概念。在这两个概念中提出的同一社会背景下 ,经济法范畴内的调整对象也发生了一定的变化。目前 ,经济法学者也注意到一类新兴的主体可能给原有的经济法律关系带来变革 ,但是由于在借用社会学研究成果时认识的不同 ,存在概念使用上的混乱和模糊。本文提出“协会”自治团体的概念 ,试图从经济法主体的角度明确这类主体的内涵与外延。     

Corporate Groups under Italian Law: A Comparative Approach and the Brand-New “Crisis Code”

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the harmonization process of European law in the field of group of companies, referring to the development of a national “group of companies law” — from the company law reform to the crisis and insolvency code — with the purpose of examining the main aspects of the regulation in force, considering mainly the possible interaction with the rules on the crisis of the groups of companies introduced by the Legislative Decree No. 14/2019, and with the aim of analyzing its suitability for being devoted to the prospect of harmonization across countries.     

Self-injury group psychotherapy intervention for young offenders: a pilot study

Objective: Self-injury (SI) is a significant and growing problem with the prison estate and a particularly acute issue with young offenders. Despite this, there are no evidence-based interventions for Young Offenders with SI difficulties. The Self-Injury Group Psychotherapy Intervention (SIGPI) was developed to target this.

Method: Drawing on existing evidence, the group was developed and piloted on a sample of 12 male Young Offenders (mean age 19.85 years) in custody with a history of SI. Participants were measured on observable SI behaviour, SI thoughts and urges and psychological distress. A within subject design was utilised with measures at baseline, 6 months and 1 year.

Results: At 12 months follow-up, a significant reduction in SI acts, time spent on SI monitoring, severity of urges and difficulty resisting SI. Psychological distress was also reduced.

Conclusions: SIGPI could be a potentially promising intervention and further investigation into its efficacy is warranted.     

Perceptions and Predictors of Children's Credibility of a Unique Event and an Instance of a Repeated Event

Perceptions of children's credibility were studied in two experiments wherein participants watched a videotape of a 4- to 5- or a 6- to 7-year old child report details of a play session that had been experienced once (single-event) or was the last in a series of four similar play sessions (repeat-event). The child's report was classified as high or low accurate. In Experiments 1 and 2, reports of repeat-event children were judged to be less believable on several measures. In Experiment 1, younger children were viewed as less credible than older children. In both experiments, neither undergraduates nor community members correctly discriminated between high- and low-accurate reports. Content analysis in Study 3 revealed the relationship between age and event frequency and children's credibility ratings was mediated by the internal consistency of children's reports. Recent research on children's reports of instances of repeated events has identified several challenges facing children who report repeated abuse. These data bring to light another potential difficulty for these children.     

关于群体性事件的法律思考

目前,群体性事件在我国正处于上升阶段,在其背后有着复杂的诱发因素与内在原因。内在的促发因素主要表现为经济原因、社会原因和制度原因。在成熟法治国家,群体性事件都是通过法律的途径解决。虽然我国的宪法、刑法、行政法规、规则与诉讼法关于群体性事件也有所规定,但是相关的内容设计还不够科学、全面、并不能满足对群体性事件予以有效规则的需要。因此,要从根本上改变有关部门在群体性事件面前消极被动的局面,必须完善我国相关的法律,针对群体性事件提供制度化的解决方案。     

论习惯法的诞生

习惯法的诞生，并不需要经过国家的承认。禁止性的习惯法，源于人的恐惧心理；允许性的习惯法，源于人的模仿本能。除此之外，血缘关系构成了习惯法诞生的外在背景，群体利益构成了习惯法诞生的内在动力，舆论毁誉构成了习惯法诞生之后的保障机制。以习惯法的诞生机制作为基础，还可以就习惯法与习惯、道德、制定法、原始法等相关概念的关系做出初步的辨析。     

拉美中产阶级政党的困境:以墨西哥国家行动党为例

中产阶级政党的发展与其阶级基础和政治立场等因素有关。拉美中产阶级政党在进口替代工业化进程中崭露头角,但在近年来普遍面临发展困境。本文以墨西哥国家行动党为案例探讨这种困境的成因,对该党内部派系斗争、社会基础等因素进行历史分析。作为持中右立场的中产阶级政党,墨西哥国家行动党长期面临两大制约。一是来自右翼势力的渗透,导致该党政治定位出现摇摆,从中间立场向右翼摆动,党内长期分裂,党政不和。二是狭隘的阶级基础所造成的地域局限性。国家行动党的主要力量集中在中小企业发达的北部地区,难以成长为全国性大党和国会中的多数党。在这两种制约因素的共同作用下,国家行动党选举竞争力不强、执政能力低下,始终无法建立广泛而稳定的群众基础,陷入发展困境。结合阿根廷激进公民联盟和哥斯达黎加民族解放党的类似情况,本文认为拉美国家中产阶级政党普遍面临相似的困境。能否突破这些结构性制约,是拉美中产阶级政党发展面临的挑战。     

雄安新区建设中群体性事件防范研究

雄安新区建设是举世瞩目的伟大工程。在这个相对漫长的过程中,牵扯了太多人的利益,当地居民更是面临着前所未有的发展机遇和挑战。积极稳健地推进建设进程,照顾到各方利益的均衡,及时发现影响社会安定的因素,避免引发群体性事件,是新区管理者、建设者义不容辞的责任。要从健全社会保障体系、加强沟通交流机制、重视源头预防、完善冲突化解机制入手,才能有效的抑制群体性事件的发生,为新区建设提供良好的社会环境。