Police Enforcement of Domestic Violence Laws: Supervisory Control or Officer Prerogatives?

Police officers are afforded a high degree of discretion in the exercise of their authority, and the control of this discretion is an important issue. While it is assumed that individual officer attitudes and preferences shape their discretionary activity, these officers are also members of a paramilitary organization with leaders over them. The present study explored the influence of both officer attitudes and management influences to explain variation in officer domestic violence arrest rates. Hierarchical linear modeling was used with a sample of 311 patrol officers and 61 supervisors from 23 municipal police agencies across multiple states. Unlike much of the previous literature, the results revealed that officer occupational attitudes had no effect on this particular officer work behavior. Management influences (such as rewards and written policies) significantly influenced officers’ domestic violence arrest behavior. The findings emphasize the complexity involved in the control of officer discretion.     

浅析不动产预告登记制度——兼论我国预告登记制度的完善

预告登记是起源德国普鲁士法的一项古老制度,其旨在保护以不动产物权变动为目的的债权请求权,因其在保障不动产交易安全、促进交易效率等方面发挥了非常重要的作用,后被许多国家和地区采用。我国于2007年10月1日施行的《中华人民共和国物权法》正式确立了不动产预告登记制度,但是它在实践中还存在许多不足,亟待解决。     

论法律变迁的价值指向——从户籍制度改革切入

法律的产生和变迁是为了提高社会合作效率,获取更多收益。法律变迁通过降低交易成本、外部收益内部化的具体价值目标,追求整体和长远效率。为了提高合作效率,法律还必须保障公平。法律变迁也是公平与效率由分离走向统一的过程。我国目前进行的户籍制度改革,以及与此相关联的其他制度改革都可以反映出法律变迁追求的价值。     

和谐社会构建过程中收入公平实现的路径选择——从效率与公平关系的角度分析

实现社会公平是发展中国特色社会主义的重大任务,要从社会发展的整体目标来把握效率与公平的关系,大力发展经济,健全社会主义市场经济体制,完善社会分配机制,完善社会保障制度等途径来实现收入公平,从而更好地体现社会公平正义。     

繁荣与困惑——单位犯罪研究30年的回顾与反思

我国单位犯罪刑事立法的政策和功利性,决定了相关理论研究的现实性。但理论研究固有的价值和使命决定了它可以超越实践。建立在不同基础之上的理论研究的功能价值应该有所区别。从我国的刑法基础和单位犯罪的立法演进看,自然人犯罪是追究单位刑事责任的基础,以此为基点的理论研究立足现实,对实践具有较强的指导意义。     

谈目标轨迹在侦查思维中的应用

目标轨迹,是指与刑事案件相关的物证和信息,依据发生的时间顺序,建立方向性的连接,构成点与射线组成的图形。目标轨迹能够将事物的过去、现在和将来联系起来,是侦查思维的外化和表现,它通过对犯罪嫌疑人实施犯罪阶段前后的活动情况进行分析、研究,有助干侦查人员把握侦查的主动权,提高侦查工作效能。文章从侦查思维的角度出发,阐释了目标轨迹在侦查工作中的价值、作用和意义。     

Winners, Losers, and Efficiency: Achieving Multiple Goals in Japan's Financial System Reforms

When giving policy advice, economists often proceed as if efficiency is the only valid social goal. Although efficiency is important, we argue that single-minded pursuit of it is counterproductive. It unnecessarily erects political hurdles to the enactment of efficiency-enhancing reforms because policy proposals that ignore valid, nonefficiency concerns are more likely to meet political and bureaucratic resistance. Moreover, such resistance may be avoided. A number of design principals can be employed to craft proposals that address political goals without abandoning efficiency. We describe three classes of principles: creative design of market mechanisms, maintenance of marginal incentives, and compensation for losers.We then illustrate their practical application in the context of Japanese financial-sector deregulation. This policy area usefully illustrates the importance of considering multiple goals in policy design. While efficiency is a frequently expressed goal, Japan's continued policy paralysis indicates that the bureaucratic and political goals of major stakeholders make the straightforward deregulation of financial markets difficult to achieve. We do not purport to resolve the entrenched barriers to economic reform in Japan, but to the extent that we identify and address valid nonefficiency goals, the conclusions of the analysis are relevant.     

Procedural Justice,Outcome Favorability and Emotion

This study investigated the effects of procedural justice on discrete emotional responses. Based upon the cognitive appraisal model of emotion, it was argued that the experience of procedural justice (or injustice) allows individuals to derive meaning from favorable and unfavorable allocation decisions. Thus, procedural justice works with outcome favorability to produce a variety of emotional states. These ideas were tested in a laboratory experiment. As predicted, two happiness-related emotions (happiness and joy) and a sadness-related emotion (disappointment) showed only a main effect for outcome favorability. Two anger-related emotions (anger and frustration) were highest when an unfavorable outcome occurred because of an unfair procedure. Higher levels of guilt and anxiety were reported when an unfair procedure resulted in a favorable outcome. Contrary to predictions, a third happiness-related emotion (pride) showed only a main effect for outcome favorability.     

邓小平效率公平思想的当下解读

"效率优先,兼顾公平"没有全面准确地体现邓小平同志的思想和党在分配问题上的指导原则。"效率优先,兼顾公平"尽管促进了社会财富增长,但也导致了居民收入差距扩大,使社会公平问题日益凸显。只有倡导"兼顾效率与公平"的理念,加强正确的政策引导,坚持高尚的价值导向,强化对非正常因素的调控,才能真正实现效率与公平的辩证统一,真正实现社会的进步与发展。     

浦东新区行政审批制度改革的现状与路径分析

经过四轮行政审批制度改革,浦东新区改革在审批事项的清理和审批方式的变革等方面取得了显著成效,但在行政体制、审批机制、审批效能和政府职能转变等方面仍存在一些困难和问题。为此,要以推进浦东综合配套改革试点为契机,进一步深化行政审批制度改革,努力建设公共服务型政府。