Challenging Institutional Denial: Psychological Discourse,Therapeutic Culture and Public Inquiries

ABSTRACT

The damaging effects of abuse in childhood were repeatedly emphasised in public hearings and in media coverage of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Testimony from earlier Australian inquiries, which documented widespread experiences of child maltreatment, particularly in institutions, also underscored the ongoing and often intergenerational impact of abuse. Taking institutional child abuse inquiries as a case study, this article examines how psychological and therapeutic concepts have been mobilised politically. It argues that therapeutically oriented and psychologically informed cultural narratives of childhood trauma and its ongoing effects have provided a framework for making sense of long-term experiences of adversity and suffering and have enriched attention to “the question of justice” for survivors of historical institutional child abuse.     

检察一体化中“上命下从”的限度

目前,我国正在推进的检察一体化改革具有极端性,要求下级检察机关必须绝对服从上级检察机关的指令。但是,域外各国为了防止上级检察官滥权,对指令权进行限制。同时,下级检察官具有相对独立性,对上级检察官的指令有异议权;表示异议后,上级检察官应行使职务承继权或职务移转权;下级检察官违反指令作出的决定依然具有法律效力。我国应当借鉴上述经验,纠正片面强调上级检察机关指令效力的极端化改革。     

Why does it happen? Explanations for men’s violence against women by women with interpersonal victimization histories

Men’s violence against women (MVAW) has been identified as a critical sociocultural problem. Gaining a better understanding of perspectives on the etiology of violence held by women with histories of male-perpetrated interpersonal violence provides insight into the processes of victimization and recovery. Furthermore, emerging research suggests that feminist beliefs may facilitate recovery and impact how survivors of MVAW perceive it. In this study, we aimed to explore, in women with histories of interpersonal violence, (1) the ways they explained the high prevalence of MVAW and (2) associations between the strength of their feminist beliefs and the participants’ explanations. Female college students (N = 32, ages 18–22) participated in qualitative interviews in which they were first presented with published statistics about the frequency of MVAW, then asked to provide explanations for the high prevalence of this phenomenon. Individual responses clustered into one or more of four factors: (1) societal influences, (2) blaming women, (3) familial influences, and (4) characteristics of men and women. The extent to which participants identified with feminist beliefs was associated with how they perceived their own victimization. Women who endorsed strong feminist beliefs more frequently cited societal influences on MVAW, whereas women who endorsed feminist beliefs less strongly were more likely to blame women for it and offered stereotypical views of women as passive and fragile.     

Federal Family Drug Treatment Courts: Providing Positive Possibilities

Due to the lack of family drug treatment courts, families are often torn apart when a parent has a substance abuse problem. Children of substance abusers are often abused and neglected. However, children in these tough living situations fear seeking help because they do not want to be the reason that their family is torn apart and they are placed in the foster care system. This Note proposes a federal statute that requires all states to implement family drug treatment courts. These courts allow families to stay intact while providing the parent with the help that he or she needs.     

数字经济背景下剥削性滥用的规制难点及其应对策略

当今,数据成为经济发展所必需的生产要素,对数据的控制力也成为企业在数字市场中赢得竞争优势的关键.由于数据驱动型企业容易获取用户数据并将其转化为自己的竞争筹码,围绕数据产生并具有隐秘性的剥削性滥用行为屡见不鲜,已演化出数据的不当收集及使用、数据交易中的不质疑条款、大数据价格歧视三种典型行为.然而,针对数字经济背景下的剥削...     

合成毒品4-甲基甲卡西酮的危害及滥用的预防

4-甲基甲卡西酮是苯丙氨的衍生物质,是基于卡西酮的人工合成兴奋剂。本文对4-甲基甲卡西酮的起源和管制情况进行介绍,并进一步研究了其对人体的危害、依赖性及毒性。分析了我国预防4-甲基甲卡西酮滥用存在的问题,有针对性地提出解决对策。     

Getting to Grips with Sexual Grooming? The New Offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003

In recent years, there has been increased societal concern regarding the dangers posed to children by sexual abuse and other related acts. For the main part, this article examines the new offence of meeting a child following sexual grooming under Section 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. I will address the question of whether the introduction of this offence is likely to meet the Government's aim of providing greater protection for children against behaviour associated with sexual abuse. In particular, I will consider how difficult it will be to prove the existence of a harmful ulterior intent in order to make out the offence and why the Government has opted to create this specific offence rather than utilise the existing law of criminal attempt. I will argue that the new offence is a step in the right direction and that the current protection offered to children will be significantly extended by its introduction.     

云南边疆民族地区毒品犯罪特点研究

80年代,毒品犯罪在云南死灰复燃,日益猖獗,纵观二十多年毒品犯罪状况。其规律和特点主要有:1.走私运输毒品居多;2.具有区域性、不平衡和流动性;3.犯罪主体多元化和多源化;4.涉毒数量、种类、作案手段和方式具有多、大、新的特点。     

“I Fought. I Screamed. I Bit”: The Assertion of Rights Within Historic Abuse Inquiry Transcripts

ABSTRACT

This article examines how treating historic abuse inquiry testimonies as retrospective assertions of rights can help to shed light on how this abuse was able to occur and how memories are recalled in an inquiry environment. It presents its approach as a possible framework for other historians seeking to analyse testimonies with sensitivity. It uses, as an example, a case study from the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse concerning two interrelated “homes” for girls, showing the ways in which abuse survivors can use their testimonies to assert rights denied them in the past and further the goals of public inquiries.