对我国被害人诉讼地位之反思与展望

被害人在刑事诉讼中居于何种地位,与诉讼模式的构造、诉讼权利的分配以及诉讼程序的设置等诸多因素密切相关;厘清并合理确立被害人的诉讼地位不仅是被害人制度研究的一个核心问题,更应成为整个刑事诉讼研究的基本问题。分析我国现行被害人制度所存在的缺陷和弊端,并对此加以反思,进而对重新构建我国被害人诉讼地位作出适当展望,以使被害人的诉讼地位更加科学化、合理化,应是被害人制度研究的当务之急。     

论刑法价值主体新格局之构建

刑法价值是主宰刑法的灵魂,但刑法价值体系的架构离不开刑法价值主体的有效支撑。刑事被害人在犯罪本质和犯罪行为结构中的重要地位和作用,决定了刑事被害人应当成为刑法价值主体格局中的重要一极,并在刑法价值中寻找到适宜的生存空间。     

青少年网瘾被害危机基本理论及其干预对策

青少年网瘾被害危机在生成机理、客观特征、演变规律、具体危害等方面具有特征，需要深入研究和把握。对处在危机中的青少年进行干预和教育，有两种基本手段和途径，即紧急性干预教育和后续性干预教育。紧急性干预教育是根本的和主要的手段。紧急性危机干预教育模式从总体上可以分为平衡模式、认知模式和心理转变模式。     

"犯罪人-被害人和解"的制度设计与司法践行

“犯罪人-被害人和解”可谓是当下西方刑事法领域的焦点性话题之一。作为“犯罪人-被害人和解”运动的有力推进者,德国的立法与实践动向,尚未得到国内学界的应有关注。文章不仅对德国“犯罪人-被害人和解”制度的整体立法设计进行了分析,而且对“犯罪人-被害人和解”在德国实务上的具体运作、判例发展亦予以近距离观察。透过此种立法与司法的交错考察,文章试图以德国经验为基点,进一步反思“犯罪人-被害人和解”践行的成果、问题及可能出路,以提供前瞻性的、比较性的借鉴。     

“Yardsticks” for Victim Sensitive Process: Principle-Based Standards for Gauging the Integrity of Restorative Justice Process

For almost two decades restorative justice practices have demonstrated positive impacts on crime victim satisfaction when compared to court and other adversarial processes. Although restorative justice practice has by no means addressed the myriad needs of the majority of crime victims, researchers and policy makers have puzzled about how to interpret these generally positive findings. We suggest that remaining difficulties in interpretation and application of findings are due largely to (1) the lack of clear standards for gauging the integrity, or “restorativeness,” of interventions and (2) the failure to articulate logical mechanisms (i.e., intervention theories) that connect practices to immediate and intermediate outcomes, and these outcomes to long term changes in the well-being of victims, offenders, and communities. This article focuses primarily on the first problem, defining the “independent variable” in restorative practices aimed at having an impact on crime victims. Using qualitative data from a national case study, a principle-based approach to evaluation with implications for intervention theory and both input and outcome measures in future research is proposed and briefly illustrated.     

被害人承诺刍议

被害人承诺作为正当化行为理论中的问题之一,在各国刑法中都得到普遍认同。但是,我国刑法理论界在这方面的研究尚不充分。本文试从宏观角度对被害人承诺问题加以阐述,从而探求该问题的发展演变。     

非法吸收公众存款案存款人诉讼地位探析

非法吸收公众存款案的存款人是被害人还是证人 ,法律没有明确规定 ,在实践中的做法不一 ,笔者主张具体把该存款人分成利益未受到损害的存款人、利益受到损害且有过错的存款人和利益受到损害且无过错的存款人等三种情况。对前二者只能以“证人”的身份参加诉讼 ,而对第三种人应以“被害人”的身份参加诉讼。     

论刑事被害人权利

本文在论述我国刑事被害人权利的特点和现行刑事被害人权利制度的内容后,提出了完善我国刑事被害人权利制度的建议。提出应赋予因犯罪行为而遭受精神损害的被害人提起附带民事诉讼的权利。     

Disaster victim identification: new applications for postmortem computed tomography

Abstract:  Mass fatalities can present the forensic anthropologist and forensic pathologist with a different set of challenges to those presented by a single fatality. To date radiography has played an important role in the disaster victim identification (DVI) process. The aim of this paper is to highlight the benefits of applying computed tomography (CT) technology to the DVI process. The paper begins by reviewing the extent to which sophisticated imaging techniques, specifically CT, have been increasingly used to assist in the analysis of deceased individuals. A small scale case study is then presented which describes aspects of the DVI process following a recent Australian aviation disaster involving two individuals. Having grided the scene of the disaster, a total of 41 bags of heavily disrupted human remains were collected. A postmortem examination was subsequently undertaken. Analysis of the CT images of all body parts ( n  = 162) made it possible not only to identify and side differentially preserved skeletal elements which were anatomically unrecognizable in the heavily disrupted body masses, but also to observe and record useful identifying features such as surgical implants. In this case the role of the forensic anthropologist and CT technology were paramount in facilitating a quick identification, and subsequently, an effective and timely reconciliation, of body parts. Although this case study is small scale, it illustrates the enormous potential for CT imaging to complement the existing DVI process.     

Police officers who commit suicide by cop: a clinical study with analysis

Suicide by cop has become a familiar topic among members of law enforcement, mental health professionals, and the general public. This paper presents two cases where police officers chose to commit suicide by getting other police officers to kill them. The two police officers studied, by examination of closed case files, were found to be similar to civilians who committed suicide by cop on several demographic (gender, age, history of mental illness, and suicide attempts), and situational (stress factors, trigger) variables. The cases help us to understand possible motives and management for individuals who choose to end their life in this manner.