Therapeutic engagement in medium-secure care: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of service users’ experiences

Service users (SUs) detained in forensic hospitals are usually required to engage in psychological therapies aimed at reducing mental distress and/or for preventing further offending. Poor therapeutic engagement (TE) can lead to adverse clinical outcomes and reoffending, at a cost to the individual, staff, the service provider, and the public. To understand what factors influence TE from a SUs’ perspective, the experiences of 10 male residents of a medium-secure hospital were explored. Using a service-user informed design, interpretative phenomenological analysis of interview data was completed. Four superordinate themes emerged: different worlds; what the individual brings; what the therapy entails; and control. Consideration of how these factors may be of use to professionals working in secure care settings is discussed in relation to existing theory and research.     

保险诈骗罪若干新旧问题研究

保险领域的诈骗犯罪作为一种危害较大的新型金融犯罪,随着经济和金融业的发展日趋增多,涉及的金额越来越大,具有作案方式多样化、诈骗行为隐蔽性、危害后果严重性的特点。尽管学界对于保险诈骗罪已经进行了相当多的研究,但是有些问题仍没有完全澄清,并且随着社会的发展和经济形势的变化,以及犯罪手段的多样性,使得保险诈骗领域又出现了许多新的情况,而对于这些新的情况我们尚没有进行深入地探讨。这种“新仇旧恨”就促使我们应当对保险诈骗罪进行进一步的研究。     

强奸罪若干新问题研究

强奸罪的犯罪客体包括奸淫幼女的客体都是贞操权而不是幼女的身心健康。强奸罪的客观方面应当随社会生活的变化而变化,包括男性之间的强奸行为、女性之间使用器具的强奸行为、以及女性强制男性实施的性行为等方式。强奸罪与强制猥亵罪区别的关键在于强奸是插入被害人的性器、肛门,而强制猥亵罪是接触被害人的性器、肛门或者女性被害人的乳房。     

论犯罪嫌疑人在讯问中的非语言行为

在交流中,口头语言的真实含义可以由许多非语言行为的暗示加以扩充或修正。诚实和撒谎的犯罪嫌疑人在讯问中的表现有所不同,通过对其非语言行为进行认真地观察、分析和判断,可以有效地区分谎言。     

新入狱罪犯的特点及改造对策探析

受社会政治、经济发展变化的影响,我省近三年内新收押罪犯的构成出现了新的变化,其心理和行为均出现了新的特征,对刑罚执行工作提出了新的挑战。笔者采取情况普查与个案调查相结合、摸底分析与座谈讨论相结合的方法,对我省2001年1月1日至2003年8月31日期间监狱新收押的罪犯情况进行了调查研究,从新入狱罪犯的构成特点和其心理行为特征分析入手,提出相应的改造对策,为我省的监管安全和教育改造工作提供了有用的参考和必要的理论支撑。     

Who would vote NOTA? Explaining a ‘none of the above’ choice in eight countries

In this study, we investigate who would vote ‘none of the above’ (NOTA) if this were available on the ballot paper using original data from eight European countries. In particular, we examine whether NOTA would be used by abstainers and voters to protest within the electoral process. We also test whether socioeconomic factors and specific and diffuse support for democracy and its institutions correlate with a NOTA vote. We find that having NOTA on the ballot would reduce invalid balloting more than abstention and much more than protest party voting. Our results also suggest that NOTA is related to socioeconomic status, political interest, political knowledge and distrust in political institutions and authorities, but not to broadly undemocratic attitudes. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the increasingly large amounts of abstention and invalid voting, as well as the growing distrust of political institutions, in democratic countries. They also hold lessons for electoral reformers.     

German gays go green? Voting behaviour of lesbians,gays, and bisexuals in the 2021 German federal election

Previous analyses have shown the existence of a sexuality gap in voting behaviour between those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), and those who identify as heterosexual (Hertzog 1996). On the basis of these findings, it is generally assumed that LGBs vote primarily for liberal and left-wing parties because they are most likely to represent the group's interests in the political space. Using the 2021 German federal election as a case study, this article provides substantial findings, showing that, when controlled for the ideological proximity between voters and parties, sexuality affects in several ways how LGBs identify with and vote for parties in Germany. Positive effects can be demonstrated for the Greens, the Left, and – in contrast to previous assumptions – the far-right AfD. This is the first study to examine systematically the voting behaviour of LGBs and heterosexuals in Germany.     

Los Congresos Estatales y la Política Federal en México: state legislatures and federal policymaking in Mexico

The Mexican Constitution, in the Poder Legislativo, grants state legislatures the authority to introduce legislation (iniciativas de ley) in the federal congress. In this paper the authors examine this powerful mechanism through which the Mexican state legislatures can directly influence policymaking at the federal level. Using a new data set of state-led initiatives, this work: describes the frequency with which iniciativas are introduced; describes the substance, timing, and final disposition of these state-led initiatives; and explains which factors affect the probability of presenting a state-led initiative. The authors find that party competition and partisan divisions at the state and federal levels play a significant role in the use of iniciativas de los congresos estatales. The authors’ study of this peculiar authority granted to the Mexican states contributes to the rich discussion of the changing role of the states in the era of Mexico’s nuevo federalismo.     

试析交通肇事移动逃逸致死的定性

遗弃罪法益的变化使交通肇事逃逸致死问题的定性变得复杂化。在交通肇事移动逃逸致死时 ,除可能构成交通肇事罪之外 ,还涉及到不作为的故意杀人罪与 (移置 )遗弃罪的界分。对此 ,应通过违反作为义务程度的强弱判断行为人主观故意的内容 ,从而准确区分二者。