Urban Change and Policing: Mass Private Property Re-considered

This article examines a key explanation for the growth of private policing in North America and Western Europe - the influential mass private property thesis (Shearing and Stenning 1981). The discussion of private policing in Western Europe still tends to be heavily influenced by theories developed in the North American context, theories which may be problematic in the contrasting legal, social and economic contexts of Western European nations. The development of more Eurocentric theories has to date been inhibited by the relative paucity of empirical data on the rise of private policing in European countries. Recent research in Britain (Jones and Newburn 1998b) has begun to address this problem, and to map out some important contrasts with the North American experience. By considering these contrasts, it is possible to identify some key areas for future research on private policing in European countries and thus provide a more contextually-grounded series of explanations for what is happening to policing.Joseph Rowntree Foundation Professor of Urban Social Policy     

Private Policing in Context

This article considers the development, growth and significance of private policing in a wider context. Section one suggests that the rebirth of private policing is associated with - and, in effect, demands - a change in the conceptual framework with which policing is analysed. While section one addresses the conceptual context of private policing, section two examines its theoretical context by considering various explanations for the post-war growth of commercial security. Moving from specific to general accounts, it is suggested that two explanations - one based upon sociological accounts of the development of modern societies, the other on genealogical accounts of developing mentalities - provide a crucial context for understanding contemporary changes in policing and governance. In the next section, two of these changes - the growing influence of risk-based policing and the increasing significance of diverse patterns of governance - are considered in the context of the fragmented forms of security provision (commercial, municipal, civil and state policing) which are prevalent today. A short concluding section offers some final thoughts on how these arguments impact on the governance of policing. One of the implications contained in this article is that the re-emergence of private policing needs to be considered not only as a problem, but also as an opportunity to identify and address critical questions of contemporary governance.     

浅谈公安现役院校“红色基因”传承

新形势下,世情、党情、国情发生深刻变化,意识形态领域斗争尖锐复杂,公安现役院校只有不断挖掘"红色基因"这一优势资源,将其引入院校人才培育过程中来,通过加强顶层设计、丰富培育形式、壮大建设人才队伍来提升传承"红色基因"的时效,才能充分发挥好政治工作生命线的地位作用,才能真正做到"把红色基因融入官兵血脉,让红色基因代代相传"。     

新“消法”对消费者公益诉讼限制性适用之评析

2013年修订的《消费者权益保护法》增加了关于消费者公益诉讼制度的规定。立法者对该制度做了一系列规范性的限制。该规定在防止滥诉的同时,也在一定程度上限制了消费者公益诉讼功能的发挥,妨碍了消费者利益的有效救济。在此背景下,不妨考虑对消费者公益诉讼进行非规范性的限制,即通过完善传统的私益诉讼等其他救济路径,间接限制公益诉讼的适用。该做法既不影响公益诉讼的适用,又有利于其他维权方式的进一步完善,从而推动消费者维权制度的发展。     

试论条理法在调整特别权力关系中的作用———以公立高校管理行为争议解决机制为例

在大陆法系长期扮演重要角色的特别权力关系已不断变异和逐渐式微,应当积极探索和发展更符合行政法制实践要求的行政法律关系理论和行政法规范体系.实践证明,仅用一般法规范调整特别权力关系有许多局限和无力感,重新认识条理法已成为行政法制建设的新课题,不仅运用一般法规范而且兼用条理法来调整特别权力关系就体现出特殊优势并具有特殊功用.公立高校管理行为关系尚属具有特殊性的一类特别权力关系,许多典型事例表明公立高校管理行为争议解决具有复杂性和特殊困难.积极运用条理法有助于系统和妥善地解决公立高校管理行为争议,有助于全面推进依法行政和推动公立高校和谐发展.     

我国应急警务研究综述

应急警务概念提出以来,我国公安学界与实战部门围绕基础理论、内容、应急处置、构建、创新及研讨研究等方面对应急警务进行了深入研究并取得了初步成果,这极大地改善了我国应急警务领域的理论与实践长期处于空白的境遇,为我国在该领域未来的进一步发展夯实了基础。     

不动产征收行为中“公共利益”的实现

我国现行法律法规中涉及到与不动产征收有关的内容,必然会阐明需要＂以公共利益为目的＂,然而,所谓的＂公共利益＂标准却无据可依。实践中,应将立法机关、执法者、听证程序三者结合来承担公共利益界定的任务,并充分发挥政府、市场和个人的优势,以保证公共利益的实现。     

公安高校学报培育和弘扬人民警察核心价值观建设性作用研究

依托公安高校学报主体内容的导向性作用,在分析公安高校学报的文化培育价值,并对其培育功能做以剖析的基础上,探究如何提升公安高校学报在培育和弘扬＂忠诚、为民、公正、廉洁＂的人民警察核心价值观进程中发挥其积极建设性作用的建议,以期为我国公安教育事业和队伍建设提供正确的思想保证和强大的精神动力。     

论物的担保范围内保证责任绝对豁免原则的实际废除

《中华人民共和国担保法》第28条实际上确立了一个“物的担保范围内保证责任绝对豁免原则”，该条所确立的法律原则与《担保法》的立法精神实际形成了尖锐的矛盾冲突。最高人民法院关于《担保法》的司法解释第38条对该条的适用进行了初步限制，但还不尽完善。《中华人民共和国物权法》做出了与《担保法》第28条明显不同的规定，限制了该条的适用，更好地保护了债权人的合法权益。     

公安机关推进社会管理创新初探

公安机关作为社会管理的重要职能部门,承担着增强社会活力、维护社会稳定、为经济社会发展创造良好社会环境的重要职责。公安机关推动社会管理创新的目的是实现公正廉洁执法,源动力是理念创新,出路是机制创新,保障是队伍建设。