An empirical test of the social support paradigm on male inmate society

While social support theory has been applied to a variety of criminal justice settings, there has been little empirical research on the effect of social support on inmate behavior. In this article, we test Cullen’s proposition that social support, in whatever form it manifests itself, has an effect on Korean inmates’ experiences. Specifically, we examine whether social support in an all-male prison environment explains inmate misconduct, victimization, fear of victimization, and the intent to commit crime in the future. We build upon previous research by using unique measures of the instrumental and the expressive dimensions of social support to determine their effect on reducing criminogenic engagement in a prison setting. The results indicate that social support is an important factor in reducing prison violence, enhancing pro-social behavior, and potentially reducing recidivism.     

Correlates of hopelessness in the high suicide risk police occupation

Police officers are chronically exposed to work stress. We examined specific stressors that may be associated with hopelessness, a possible risk factor for suicide in this high suicide risk population. The study included 378 officers (276 men and 102 women) with complete data. Analysis of variance was used to estimate mean levels of hopelessness scores as associated with stress, adjusted for age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Posttraumatic symptoms were tested as a modifier of the association between stress and hopelessness. Increasing stress of administrative practices and lack of support were significantly associated with increasing hopelessness among officers (p < .006 – hopelessness range: 1.64–2.65; and p < .001 – hopelessness range 1.60–2.80, respectively). Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms significantly modified the association between lack of organizational support and hopelessness (p < .010) with significant association only among individuals with higher PTSD symptoms (p < .001). Results suggest that hopelessness is associated with specific stressors in police work, and this is modified by posttraumatic symptomatology.     

我国城市突发事件应急联动模式探讨

建立适合中国国情的应急联动模式是快速、高效地应对各类突发事件的重要手段。基于此,本文首先比较了目前美国、日本与中国的应急联动系统管理支撑体系,从中探究了支撑应急联动系统有效运作的相关因素(即应急联动管理支撑体系)和各类应急联动模式。而后坚持应急联动模式与应急联动管理支撑体系相适应的原则,构建了适应我国实际国情的协同式应急联动模型,这对新时期我国应对城市突发事件具有一定的指导意义。     

多元化纠纷解决机制构建的法理基础

多元化纠纷解决机制是由诉讼的与非诉讼的、官方的与民间的等多种纠纷解决方式内在关联所组成的有机系统。社会存在本身的有机性和社会现象的复杂性,是多元化纠纷解决机制的本体论基础;我国现实社会矛盾的多元化性质,是多元化纠纷解决机制的现实基础;具体问题具体分析的方法是多元化纠纷解决机制的方法论基础;而我国历史上解决社会矛盾纠纷的多样化方法则是多元化纠纷解决机制的历史基础。     

老字号振兴发展中的法律支持

目前,相当一部分老字号企业,由于自身和环境因素,面临着发展的困境。本文在阐述了老字号的法律属性以及老字号企业作为商业价值和文化价值的载体的基础上,论证了老字号企业在市场经济环境下获得特殊保护的合理性,提出了构建老字号商业保护和文化保护相统一的法律支持体系。     

社会工作课程实践教育探讨

实践教学是社会工作专业课程教学的重要组成部分,突出社会工作课程教学的实践性是实现社会工作教育理想的内在要求。实践教学方式直接关系到课程实践教学的质量。建立校内外实践基地,运用社会工作自身的教育方法,注重运用情景模拟,丰富实践教育载体等方式,是提高教育质量的有效路径。突出对实践教学的重视,引导学生积极参与,改善实践教育环境,促进专业课程弹性管理,是强化社会工作实践教育的关键。     

公安应用写作教学改革研究

公安应用写作是一门实践性很强的工具学科,掌握好、运用好公安应用写作对于推动公安工作的发展、保障公安机关行政管理工作和办案的高质量,具有十分重要的意义。当前应改变公安应用写作课的被动局面,进行大胆改革,提高学生的应用写作能力,提高公安文书写作课的教学质量。改革中应遵循科学的教学原则,采用讲练结合、情景教学、学生讲课、自学讨论、批改习作、实习作业、多媒体教学等形式。进一步改变考试考核方式,巩固学生所学知识。     

宁夏农业发展中的金融支持问题研究

农业发展离不开金融的支持。从1993年至2003年10年间金融支持农业的基本情况可以看出,金融信贷与宁夏农业之间保持着高度的相关性。但是,金融机构提供的金融服务与农业对金融的需求相比还有很大差距。因此,应进一步加大金融支农的力度。     

司法会计应为强化法律监督提供技术保障——暨谈对检察机关司法会计可持续发展

从科学发展观的角度审视,仅满足或停留于审计查账,是阻碍检察机关司法会计发展的主要瓶颈。我国司法会计的发展方向是以鉴定为主导,为诉讼提供有别于审计的涉案会计事实证明,我国诉讼证明制度发展的趋势是对涉案会计事实证明的要求日益严格。检察机关强化法律监督,必然要求涉案会计事实证明能够进一步体现严格的执法精神。检察机关司法会计全面协调可持续发展,更好地为强化法律监督提供技术保障,就必须遵循适应我国司法会计的发展方向、诉讼证明制度的发展趋势和强化法律监督要求等三项主要原则。为此,应当加快以鉴定为主的理论研究和业务规范,建立推进理论研究和业务规范及人才培养的机制。     

Does e-service quality of online grievance redress portals lead to satisfaction? An outlook from the perspectives of Indian youth

In a democratic country like India, citizens expect quality public services, from the government. The information technology-enabled versions of public services cannot be an exception. In order to develop strategies leading to increasing levels of satisfaction of the citizens, the quality of the services should be analyzed. For efficient and effective public service delivery, many countries all over the world attempt to develop the transparent and accountable online system to bring the citizen's faith in governance. The present study attempts to check that does the e-service quality of the online grievance redress portal satisfy the student users. Dimensions and construct of the proposed model were extracted from literature, a survey was conducted by employing a questionnaire, soliciting inputs from 677 respondents. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) modeling was used to drive the results. Results indicates that security and privacy, is the utmost significant dimensions for student satisfaction as it helps to develop trust in the online e-governance system to bring satisfaction that increases the usage of the grievance portal It is followed by reliability and delivery of quality of information. The demographic variable, gender observed to be not having a significant relationship with the students' satisfaction concerning e-government services. The limitations and future research scope of the study are also presented.