New Zealand's special treatment units: the development and implementation of intensive treatment for high-risk male prisoners

In the late 1980s, New Zealand developed two highly innovative residential treatment programmes for serious offenders that blended together the strengths of structured cognitive behavioural group programmes and therapeutic community approaches. Since the mid-1990s this hybrid model – recently advocated as a fruitful direction for future offender programme development – was adopted and further refined for use in New Zealand's four high-risk special treatment units (HRSTUs). We outline the HRSTU model, noting the challenges and potential benefits of providing an intervention that integrates therapy, resocialisation and reintegration experiences for high-risk, high need, low responsivity clients: many with significant psychopathic features. On average, the majority of those referred to HRSTUs complete the programme and make small but significant amounts of change on important treatment goals. But most changes remain tentative, suggesting the importance of more supportive aftercare. Although an earlier evaluation of the first unit to open found the programme to be modestly effective in reducing recidivism, an outcome evaluation currently underway will help establish whether improvements since that time are associated with reductions in disciplinary infractions and recidivism.     

Psychopathy,intelligence and emotional responding in a non-forensic sample: an experimental investigation

This study examined the relationships between psychopathy (primary and secondary), intelligence and emotional responding in a sample of 50 university students, using a task measuring autonomic responses to 40 pictorial stimuli (20 neutral and 20 emotionally provoking). Results indicated no significant direct relationship between primary or secondary psychopathy and emotional response, or primary or secondary psychopathy and intelligence. However, a significant moderating effect of intelligence on the association between both psychopathy factors and emotional response was observed, indicating those scoring higher on psychopathy but with lower intelligence portray the expected emotional responses to the affective stimuli (primary: β?=??.56, p?β?=?.80, p?<?.001). These findings indicate abnormal reactivity to emotional stimuli in lower intelligence, higher psychopathic individuals, and suggest differing roles for the two facets of psychopathy in affective responsiveness deviations.     

新型荧光502粉末与502胶＋荧光染色显现潜在手印的比较

目的对新型荧光502粉末显现非渗透性光滑客体表面潜手印的一步荧光502显现新技术和传统502胶水熏显＋荧光染料染色显现手印技术进行比较研究。方法比较实验研究,对荧光502粉末和502胶水使用同一自动熏显柜先后进行熏显,荧光502粉末熏显结束后直接在蓝光灯下激发进行观察和拍照;502胶水在熏显完成和聚合物完全固化后使用罗丹明6G和BBD溶液进行荧光染色,再进行光致荧光照相。结果一步熏显和二次染色的显现效果基本相同,但两者的显现效果也因检材性质和遗留时间的不同而存在一些差别。结论新型荧光502粉末可以作为一种显现非渗透性光滑客体表面上潜手印的常用方法,尽管新方法对某些客体的显现效果并不好,但对大多数客体来说,其显现效果并不弱于二次染色的方法,并且使用新型荧光502粉末进行一步熏显不会引入有机溶剂,不会引起502聚合物的溶解或造成破坏,确保了纹线及其细节特征不被损坏,也避免了染色后因漂洗不当使手印纹线被冲掉的可能,还不会破坏脱落细胞等生物检材。     

Secondary learning and the unintended benefits of collaborative mechanisms: The Federal Aviation Administration's voluntary disclosure programs

Along with other types of process‐oriented regulation, voluntary disclosure programs are increasingly used by regulatory agencies to supplement traditional inspection activities. Voluntary disclosure programs provide incentives, such as immunity or reduced regulatory enforcement to those submitting reports, while providing regulatory agencies with valuable information on existing risks and areas of non‐compliance. This article contributes to the discussion of voluntary disclosure programs by highlighting an important unconsidered benefit of such programs: the secondary learning they generate, above and beyond information about violations. Beyond the information submitted by firms contained in the self‐disclosures, the programs generate information and insights about the usual practices of the industry, the division of labor, typical problems, and ways to handle them – those details often invisible to those outside an organization or inside the organization but not “on the ground.” This additional information provides important benefits to both industry management and agency officials. We demonstrate the existence of secondary learning and describe the effect of the structure of voluntary programs on secondary learning with evidence from two case studies of the Federal Aviation Administration's voluntary disclosure programs: the Aviation Safety Action Program and the Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program.     

二次溅落状血迹形态的模拟实验观察

目的观察二次溅落状血迹的形态特征,探讨其形成机理及与行为方式的关系。方法建立室内现场环境,用10mL血液,以单滴连续滴落或一次性倾倒方式,从10～160 cm高度以10 cm为间隔,制作二次溅落状血迹模型;用棍棒打击及撞击方式制作低位打击及头部撞击溅落血迹模型。观察各种血迹分布,并分析比较其形态差异。结果二次溅落状血迹和头部撞击溅落状血迹在垂直面上均形成倒三角形空白区域的分布形态,但前者分布面积较后者小;低位打击溅落在垂直面上的血迹无此特征,且打击飞溅血滴的飞行角度大于二次溅落血迹。结论利用二次溅落状血迹的形态特征,对于鉴别低位溅血、分析行为方式、证实相关证词具有重要价值。     

Can canines alone be used for age estimation in Chinese individuals when applying the Kvaal method?

Due to the secondary dentin formation, the dental pulp undergoes changes in shape throughout life. Based on this phenomenon, the Kvaal method has been applied to various populations for age estimation, and its usefulness has been verified. When applying the Kvaal method to Chinese subjects, we observed a relatively strong correlation between mandibular canines and age. This study notes the correlation between canines and chronological age and is the first to identify which canine is most closely related to chronological age. In addition, a new, simpler formula is determined based on canines according to Kvaal’s methodology. The radiographs of 360 individuals from northern China were selected, from which the widths and lengths of the pulp from four canines were measured according to the Kvaal method. Next, inter- and intra-observer reliabilities were analyzed in order to assess the repeatability of these measurements. The correlation between measurements and age was examined, and Chinese-specific age estimation formulae were derived. The results revealed that the ratios from the left maxillary canine exhibited the strongest correlation with age compared to the other canines, whereas the left mandibular canine showed the weakest correlation, which may contribute to the overall poor correlation of mandibular canines with age. What’s more, the formula derived from the left maxillary canine in this study displayed the highest coefficients of determination, and the formula derived from all canines showed the lowest residuals. Both of these formulae performed better than the Chinese-specific formula derived from six different types of teeth in our previous study, which had formerly possessed the highest coefficients of determination and the lowest residuals. Thus, we concluded that canines do play an important role in age estimation in the Chinese population, and the correlation between maxillary canines and chronological age is stronger than that of mandibular canines, although no distinct trend as to which side is better correlated with age was established. Going forward, we recommend the analysis of additional samples from different geographical regions and populations to further verify the importance of canines in age estimation.