Examining fatal and nonfatal incidents involving the TASER

Research Summary According to TASER International, nearly 10,000 police departments in the United States have deployed the TASER as a less lethal force alternative in some capacity. Despite the TASER's increasing popularity, serious questions have been raised about the device's physiological side effects; in particular, Amnesty International has reported that more than 300 people have died after being subjected to the TASER. Although a growing body of research has examined the physiological effects of the TASER on animals and healthy human volunteers in laboratory settings, there has been virtually no empirical analysis of “real‐world” fatal and nonfatal TASER cases simultaneously. This article examines all media reports of TASER incidents from 2002 to 2006 through a comprehensive review of LexisNexis and New York Times archives. We compare TASER incidents in which a fatality occurred to TASER incidents in which a fatality did not occur and then employ multivariate analyses to identify the incident and suspect characteristics that are predictive of articles describing TASER‐proximate deaths. Policy Implications Several suspect factors were significantly associated with the reporting of a fatal TASER incident, including drug use (but not alcohol), mental illness, and continued resistance. Multiple deployments of the TASER against a suspect was also associated with the likelihood of the article describing a fatality—especially if the suspect was emotionally disturbed—which raises the possibility that the risk of multiple shocks might not be uniform for all suspects. More research is needed to explore the relationship between mental illness, drug use (illicit or therapeutic), continued resistance, and increased risk of death. In the meantime, police departments should develop specific policies and training governing the use of multiple TASER shocks against individuals who could be in these vulnerable physiological and psychological states.     

供给侧结构性改革背景下兼并重组企业劳动关系的协调力研究 —— 以东部沿海地区制造企业为例

本研究基于东部沿海地区制造企业的调查，从员工自制力、企业管理力、工会协商力、政府指 导力和非政府组织监督力等五个维度构建了劳动关系协调力对雇员和谐感受的结构方程模型，分析了中国制造 企业劳动关系协调力与雇员和谐感受之间的路径系数。研究表明，员工自制力、企业管理力、政府指导力和非 政府组织监督力对雇员和谐感受具有显著性的正向作用，它们的路径系数从大到小依次为非政府组织监督力、 政府指导力、员工自制力、企业管理力。工会协商力对雇员和谐感受虽然具有正向作用，但不显著。构建企业 和谐劳动关系，需要健全“五力联动”的劳动关系协调机制，其中，政府相关职能部门要发挥更大的指导作用， 企业工会的使命和职责需要进一步明确和增强，非政府组织的监督和维权行为需要进一步完善和规范。     

俄联邦行政法基本理论中的几个问题

伴随着俄罗斯正在进行的经济体制和政治体制改革,俄罗斯的法律领域也发生了深刻的变化,其中行政法律制度的变革最为显著,这在俄罗斯的行政法学界也存在相应的反馈。俄罗斯的行政法学者开始注重对行政法学中的一些基本理论问题展开研究,以执行权为中心重新界定行政法的概念:将行政法作为一个独立的部门法强调其与其他部门法带有共性的调整手段;行政法的作用主要在于限制政府权力,保障公民权利。伴随着行政法学研究的深入和行政立法的急剧发展,应当尝试重新构建俄罗斯行政法学的体系结构,以顺应世界各国行政法学发展的总体趋势。     

行政生态学视角中的政府问责制

政府问责制是和谐社会下建立服务型政府的必然要求。目前,由于问责信息的不对称,政府对决策信息存在着高度垄断,问责主体的缺失,行政长官的零问责导致的行政权力膨胀,以及问责程序缺乏可操作性,问责外部缺乏明显的制度保障等等都是政府问责制实施中出现的新问题。     

构建社会主义和谐社会是一项战略任务

构建社会主义和谐社会,对于积极推进中国特色社会主义伟大事业,全面建设小康社会具有重要的理论和实践意义。必须把构建社会主义和谐社会作为一项重要的战略任务来落实,集中全社会之力,多方协调共同建设,形成促进社会和谐的强大合力。     

论警力开发

警力开发是使警察的社会治安控制能力得以提高和增强的过程。本文通过对目前公安队伍警力不强的原因及进行警力开发必要性的探讨,在此基础上阐述了如何开发警力的建议。     

西宁市刑侦队伍和基础工作现状、问题及对策

文章针对西宁市刑侦队伍和刑侦基础工作中长期存在的一些问题,运用调查研究的方法,结合相关材料和数据,对西宁市刑侦队伍及其现状进行了深入分析,找出了西宁市刑侦队伍和刑侦基础工作中存在的人员少、任务重、经费缺等不适应刑侦工作健康发展的主要问题,并提出了通过加强刑侦队伍的思想建设、业务建设,提高刑侦基础工作的科技含量等手段,解决这些问题的对策和建议。     

The Rise of China: The Sustained Development of the World System or the End of It? *

It has been a controversial issue in the past thirty-odd years in academic circles at home and abroad whether China’s economic rise as a unique development model sustains and supplements the world system or brings an end to it. This article makes an analysis of the basic features of the three historical stages of the world system established 500 years ago from the perspective of the relationship between the world system and the rise and fall of countries. The analysis finds that the stages of mercantilism (1500-1750/1800), liberal economy (1800/1850-1914/1945) and mixed economy (1945-2030) were mainly based respectively on “geographical discovery” and “colonialism,” “industrial revolution” and “free trade,” and “economic globalization” and “system innovation.” For the above-mentioned reasons, “geographical discovery,” “international trade and finance,” “science and technology” and “international institutions and mechanisms” are the four fundamental driving forces that the world system has depended on for its existence for 500 years. The world system provided a context for the rise and fall of each individual country in the past 500 years, while the economic success China has achieved in the past three decades mainly benefits from its constant integration into this world system still in existence today. Therefore, the challenge to China in its future development will come, to a great extent, from the world system and its impact on China’s domestic politics, economy and social structure.     

胁迫类犯罪研究——兼析强迫交易罪及强迫职工劳动罪

国外刑法除规定各种具体的胁迫类罪名外,还规定了胁迫罪和强要罪.为避免刑罚处罚的空隙,有效保护公民的意思决定自由,我国应增设胁迫罪罪名.不发生在商业活动领域的强迫交易行为,不构成强迫交易罪.强迫职工劳动罪,是自然人犯罪,不是单位犯罪.     

略论影响基层警察战斗力的几个相关因素

在促成警察战斗力的诸多因素中,政治待遇、经济待遇、医疗保健、心理健康、家庭关系,以及弱势群体的抚恤都发挥着至关重要的作用。认识上述因素的存在并探讨解决问题的方法,是提高警察战斗力不可或缺的重要方面。