Intimate partner violence against women. Does violence decrease after the entry of the alleged offender into the criminal justice system?

Intimate partner violence(IPV)is simultaneously assumed as a serious crime and a major public health issue,having recurrences as one of its main characteristics and,consequently,re-entries of some alleged offenders in the criminal justice system(CJS).The main goal of this study is to assess if in cases of female victims of IPV,violence decreases after the first entry of the alleged offender in the CJS.A retrospective study was performed based on the analysis of police reports of alleged cases of IPV during a 4-year period.The final sample(n=1488)was divided into two groups according to the number of entries in the CJS(single or multiple)followed by a comparative approach.Results suggest that violence decreases after the first entry of alleged offenders in the CJS.Re-entries were found in only 15.5%of the cases but they were accountable for 3.3 times more crimes on average.Besides,victims of recidivism presented more injuries and required more medical care.Thus,a small group of alleged offenders seems to be more violent and accountable for most of the IPV crimes registered in the CJS suggesting that regardless of legal sanctions aiming to deter violence,these measures may not be enough for a certain group of offenders.This study sustains the need for a predictive model to quantify the risk of repeated IPV cases within the Portuguese population.     

Parent–Child Interaction Therapy with Domestic Violence Populations

Domestic violence continues to be a significant social problem impacting our society. Battered women and their children experience a myriad of negative consequences as a result of domestic violence. Of the possible negative sequelae that mothers and children experience, the disrupted parent–child relationship has received relatively little attention in the literature. Though psychosocial interventions are available to treat women who experience violence and children who witness violence, few interventions focus on the parent–child relationship. This article describes parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT), a relationship-based intervention. Although not initially developed to treat domestic violence, PCIT has unique characteristics that make it a promising intervention with this population. A rationale for the use of PCIT with battered women and their children is presented.     

传统文化心理视域下现代中国腐败生成的机理分析

受中国传统文化心理的影响,在中国人的思维世界中个人与群体是高度契合的,并形成相互浸润和难以割舍的关系,这就使得在我国的人际交往关系中呈现出宗法家族制、人情面子等特点。建立在以家庭为基础的宗法制的基础上所形成的关系社会与权力的结合滋生了权力的腐败。     

Australia's Children ‘Safe and Well’?1 Collaborating with Purpose Across Commonwealth Family Relationship and State Child Protection Systems

So ubiquitous is reference to collaboration in policy documents that it is in danger of being ignored altogether by service deliverers who are not clear about its rationale, how it is built, or its real value. This is evident in the child and family services context where for example the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children calls for collaboration and a ‘shared responsibility’ across the state, Commonwealth and the non‐government sectors to keep children safe and well. This article describes a project undertaken to analyse and ultimately increase levels of collaboration between state and Commonwealth government family service providers. The research reinforced an important message that levels of collaboration should align with the vulnerability of children and their families: the greater the level of risks to children, the greater the level of collaboration needed within and between systems to keep children safe.     

Building organisation–public relationships: Towards an understanding of the challenges facing public relations

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to investigate the challenges facing public relations professionals in building organisation–public relationships (OPRs), by means of an overview of related modernistic literature, mainly within a modernistic paradigm. Dominant business developments have historically impacted the broader role of public relations in organisations and society, and it is maintained that the change in the domain of public relations to a relational perspective is yet again a consequence of the efforts by business to survive in the new millennium. There can be no doubt about the strategic importance of relationships to the survival of organisations and to public relations. A relational approach to public relations has major strategic value, and embracing its challenges is vital for the profession. The relational approach offers a two-fold opportunity to public relations professionals, namely to confirm their contribution to achieving organisational goals through the measurement of their relationship-building efforts, and the prospect of realigning themselves with other business functions in the organisation. The main objective of this article is to review the change in the domain of public relations to a relational perspective, and to investigate the current challenges facing public relations professionals in building mutually beneficial OPRs on the basis of the relational perspective of public relations.     

“关系人”受贿犯罪研究

2009年2月28日全国人大常委会通过的《中华人民共和国刑法修正案》（七）增加了国家工作人员的近亲属或者其他与该国家工作人员关系密切的人作为受贿罪的主体，这意味着把非国家工作人员具有影响力交易性质的行为犯罪化，这是我国深入开展反腐败斗争的需要，也是逐步与《联合国反腐败公约》接轨的必然要求。有关“关系密切的人”的范固如何界定，关系密切的人应该包括哪些人．引起了很大的争议。     

新时期交通警察公共关系建设略论——以构建和谐警民关系为视角

交通警察公共关系建设,对于创建和谐有序交通,实现交通管理社会效益最大化,推进和谐警民关系建设,有着重要的功能,但还存在着主体意识不强、客体指向偏差、运行体制不健全等问题,要以和谐警民关系为落脚点,立足交管职责,立足社会资源,坚持着眼长远,坚持统筹兼顾,全面推动交通警察公共关系建设。     

Family and Individual Predictors of Late Adolescents' Romantic Relationships

The present study examined parent–adolescent conflict and late adolescents' attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms as predictors of late adolescents' romantic relationships. Questionnaires assessing parent–adolescent conflict resolution behaviors, adolescent–romantic partner conflict resolution behaviors, and adolescent attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms were completed by 256 college students (198 females and 58 males). Using hierarchical regression analyses, statistical models were tested wherein adolescent–romantic partner conflict resolution behaviors were regressed on mother–adolescent and father–adolescent conflict resolution behaviors and adolescents' attachment anxiety and depressive symptoms. All four predictor variables explained significant portions of the variance in adolescent–romantic partner conflict resolution behaviors; however, different predictors were found for females and males. For females, mother–adolescent and father–adolescent conflict resolution strategies and adolescent attachment anxiety were significant predictors. In contrast, father–adolescent conflict resolution behaviors and adolescent depressive symptoms were significant predictors for males. Findings highlight the differential role of familial and individual attributes in female and male adolescents' romantic relationship functioning.     

中国西南民族关系研究散论之二

西南地区特殊的地理区位和生态环境构成了中国西南民族关系的基本发展背景和基础。各民族为了生产和生活的需要 ,结成了紧密的关系 ,甚至互相融合。在民族关系史的研究中 ,一定要意识到不同时期的民族在内容和概念上是不同的。西南地区的民族关系可以概括为中央政权与少数民族政权的关系、少数民族政权之间的关系、汉族民间与少数民族民间的关系、少数民族民间的关系四大部分 ,而西南民族关系的特点则可概括为分布上的大杂居与小聚居、政治上的多元一体、发展阶段的不平衡性、经济上的互补性、文化上的多元交融。