Attachment-based practice with adults: understanding strategies and promoting positive change. A new practice model and interactive resource for assessment,intervention and supervision

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test whether attachment styles change over the course of a sex offender-specific treatment programme for incarcerated adult male sex offenders. To measure attachment styles, 44 male sex offenders (treatment n = 26, waitlist n = 18) completed the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) and the Adult Attachment Scale (AAS). The results indicated that treatment participants showed significant decreases in levels of anxious attachment measures from pre- to post-test. Furthermore, the results from the RSQ 2-factor showed that participants in the treatment group demonstrated a significant decrease in avoidant attachment levels at post-test compared to the waitlist group. The results from the AAS showed that participants in the treatment group demonstrated a significant decrease in dependent attachment levels at post-test compared to the waitlist group. Implications of results are discussed.     

A qualitative investigation of treatment components for families of youth who have sexually offended

ABSTRACT

Traditional treatment approaches for youth who commit sexual crimes are generally understudied and lack consideration for youths’ evolving context and development. A holistic model is important in service delivery, whereby multiple socio-ecological risk and protective factors are targeted in treatment. Family treatment, a key component of holistic practices, has not been well-defined for families of youth who have committed sexual crimes. Better understanding of the practical techniques used in service agencies can inform family services for youth. Using an inductive grounded theory approach, this qualitative study interviews service providers (N?=?19) to understand components of family treatment. Findings suggest components including problem solving, communication skills, and working through the pain meet certain goals of restructuring and uniting families. The therapeutic relationship was a component that meets all goals of family treatment and helps families and youth overcome stigma of sexual offending. Findings have implications for developing and testing models of family treatment for sexually abusive youth.     

Changing Agendas in Australian Indigenous Policy: Federalism,Competing Principles and Generational Dynamics

This paper identifies two periods of punctuated change in the content and style of Australian Indigenous policy in the last fifty years. It also identifies a third period in which attention to Indigenous policy was heightened through the nationalisation of land issues already well‐established on the agendas of sub‐national jurisdictions. The paper relates all three periods to the changing federal institutions of Australian Indigenous policy, with the Commonwealth slowly exploring its post‐1967 role as a national government in Indigenous affairs. In later sections, the paper identifies some more conceptual bases of changing policy agendas, through ideas of the competing principles of equality, choice and guardianship and the generational moral dynamics of Indigenous affairs.     

警察权力行使中的隐私权保护研究

2011年发生的“高速不雅照”事件,引起了舆论关于“电子眼”与个体隐私保护的争论。对于公安机关来说,诸如非法窥视、监听、披露私人活动,非法收集、使用、公开私人信息,非法搜查、监视、监控私人空间等现象非常普遍,但人们更多关注人身自由权、生命健康权、财产所有权等基本权利。随着社会的发展,个人自主意识的增强和国家公权力的扩张,制约和防范国家公权力以保障公民的隐私权具有突出的现实意义和法治价值。我国的《个人信息保护法》已于2005年启动了立法程序,这种通过从政府掌握的私人信息的保护入手是一种重点突破的做法,立法内容的重点应该放在对政府机关的规制上。     

西部民族地区人口、资源与环境的可持续发展

我国西部民族地区战略地位重要,它的发展对整个国家的经济和社会发展有着举足轻重的作用。从2000年开始的西部大开发战略实施以来,整个西部地区发生了翻天覆地的变化,城市化进程加快,工业化迅速发展,生产总值在全国经济的占比越来越重。经济的发展带来日益严峻的环境问题,尤其是在西部民族地区,由于其特殊的自然地理条件和社会历史原因,环境问题的处理成为其在追赶经济的过程中不可忽视的一环。     

民间法话语在中国的命运与知识引进运动

民间法话语在中国的命运与西方知识引进运动是紧密地勾连在一起的。虽然“圜道”秩序生成模式和政治主导型秩序生成模式构成原理不同,但都不存在国家法与民间法对立问题,民间法话语被构建、衰落和兴趣都与西方知识／理论在中国、中国开展的民族国家构建和现代化建设紧密地联系在一起。对民间法话语在中国命运的研究,反映出来的是中国现代化建设、社会变迁与话语力量的发展的内在逻辑和规律。     

乡村社会的民间法与纠纷解决--来自河北保定冀北村“招墓角”家庭纠纷的调查

河北省保定市冀北村至今还保留着"招墓角"这一民间婚姻风俗。笔者通过对该村"招墓角"家庭纠纷的调查发现,从表象上看,人民调解成为了该村解决民间纠纷的主要方式,国家法似乎有了某种"失灵"的迹象。因此,必须客观认识民间法在乡村纠纷解决中的特殊地位及其与国家法之间的关系,二者虽然存在着结构性断裂,但也有着共同的逻辑基础。在当今文化多元化、纠纷多样化的乡村社会,应当构建适合乡村社会自身特点的以人民调解为基础的多元化纠纷解决机制。     

Environmental policy implications of investor-state arbitration under NAFTA Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement requires governments to treat foreign investors the same as domestic investors, to afford them international standards of due process of law, and to compensate investors for any actions that expropriate their investments or are “tantamount” to expropriation. It allows foreign investors to submit compensation claims to international arbitration. To the alarm of the environmental community, four of the early Chapter 11 claims involved challenges to government measures that were, or appeared to be, environmental protection measures. The first three of the four claimants ultimately received compensation; the fourth claim was denied as being outside the scope of Chapter 11. This paper takes an in-depth look at the circumstances of these four claims to determine whether the claimants had thwarted or avoided bona fide environmental protection measures and to try to assess whether these claims have “chilled” government imposition of new environmental measures. The facts of the cases and developments subsequently indicate that the government actions in the first three cases were not truly environmental protection measures, but were motivated by local political and economic considerations. The fourth claim, which involved a bona fide environmental protection, was rightly rejected. Meanwhile the number of “environmental” claims under Chapter 11 has dwindled. The paper concludes that environmentalists have little ground for alarm, and much reason to be encouraged, about how Chapter 11 has influenced environmental protection.

弘扬民族精神时代精神 构筑核心价值体系

民族精神和时代精神成为社会主义核心价值体系不可分割的重要组成部分,是社会主义核心价值体系的精髓。民族精神和时代精神是构成中华民族精神状态、精神支撑和精神动力的核心内容,是中华民族生命力、凝聚力和创造力的不竭源泉。     

犯罪后的第三种法律后果:保护处分

保护处分即少年犯罪处遇中具有替代(并非补充)刑罚性质的措施,它具有超越刑罚亦超越保安处分的鲜明特点,有犯罪之后的“第三种法律后果”之称。保护处分应当遵循三大基本原则,即处分法定原则、处分优先原则和处分相称原则。保护处分包括机构性保护处分和非机构性保护处分两大基本类型。各国(地区)对于保护处分的类型设计及其运用无不以社区性保护处分为原则,而以拘禁性保护处分为例外。保护处分是现代少年刑法的核心内容,仍然停留于报应主义阶段的我国少年刑法急需加快改革,建立保护处分制度。