A cost comparison study of using global positioning system technology (electronic monitoring) in a medium secure forensic psychiatric service

‘Electronic Monitoring’ (EM) uses devices to monitor individuals’ whereabouts. In 2010, South London and Maudsley medium secure unit introduced EM to monitor individuals on leave. Analysis after two years revealed EM was associated with increased unescorted leave and reduced leave violation; however, comparative costs were not established. This study aims to compare costs of EM for patients on leave by comparing average total cost per patient with and without EM. Costs were compared before and after implementation of EM. Total cost of leave for each group was divided by number of patients to generate average total cost per patient. The average total cost per patient without EM was £1702; £1617 with EM. Although cost decreased, this was not statistically significant. The results showed no significant difference between average total costs per patient before and after EM. The finding of EM being cost-neutral is cautiously optimistic. Further trials are recommended.     

行政诉讼中“诉的利益”

诉的利益是诉讼法学中一个非常重要的概念,是指当事人在其利益受到不利影响时,寻求司法救济的必要性。诉的利益理论不仅应在防止原告滥用诉权、避免被告无端应诉和避免司法资源浪费方面发挥消极作用;更应当在权利生成方面发挥其积极作用。诉的利益的认定标准问题实际上是一个利益衡量问题。诉的利益的范围直接影响法院的主管范围、原告资格以及诉讼类型等诸多问题。     

运用政协思维 提高协商民主成效

协商是人民政协的重要功能,它要求政协思维方式和思维特点也要与之相适应。但不少地方政协在全局工作安排上、建言献策活动中、会议方式方法上,都不同程度地存在着各种思维误区。为进一步提高协商民主成效,应确立并运用"多元思维与一体要求相统一"、"监督思维与参与合作相一致"、"专业思维与党派特色相结合"的思维方式。     

地方性法规设定行政处罚的空间

从地方治理的现实需要出发,无论地方创制性立法设定“其他行政处罚”,还是地方执行性立法补充、增设违法行为与行政处罚,皆有其必要性与合理性。行政处罚法第12条第3款,赋予了地方执行性立法以行政处罚补充设定权,为确保地方立法机关合理行使该项权力,有必要对其适用空间加以厘定。为避免行政处罚过.多过繁,地方立法机关补充设定行政处罚时,应当遵循“非必要不设定”的原则,并综合考虑义务内容的确定性、合理性和可履行性,以及违法行为的可认定性等多项因素。地方性法规补充设定的行政处罚,只能限于上位法规定的行政处罚种类,且不能突破_上位法规定的处罚幅度。     

论中国传统司法的特质及其功能困厄

受制于其赖以存在和运行的特定社会背景和政治文化,中国传统司法被赋予了行政性、调和性及伦理性等典型特质。正是这些特质,决定了中国传统司法之定纷止争、道德教化与社会控制等独特功能及其实现困厄。对此作反思性审视,或对当下司法改革有所裨益。     

关于培养适应现代社会需要的公安专门人才的思考

培养适应现代社会需要的公安专门人才,一要更新思想观念,二要注重专业特色,三要 调整教学内容,四要改进教学方法。     

受贿罪争议问题比较研究

我国刑法关于受贿罪的规定存在一定的不足。为了更好地发挥刑法的功能,应该对我国刑法、外国刑法以及我国港澳台地区刑法关于受贿罪的规定进行比较研究,以借鉴其他国家和地区刑法的有益经验,对我国受贿罪的规定进行补充和完善。     

‘No politics in the agenda-setting meeting’: plenary agenda setting in the Netherlands

The process of agenda setting is fundamental to politics, yet there is surprisingly little research about this process in parliamentary systems. The reason for this lacuna is that agenda setting tends to occur behind closed doors. The Dutch Tweede Kamer is an exception to this rule: decisions about the parliamentary agenda are made in public. This study examines agenda setting in the Dutch parliament from an issue-competition perspective. It looks at a sample of more than 400 agenda-setting meetings of the Dutch parliament between 1998 and 2017. It finds that opposition parties which stand far from the government make proposals on issues that they ‘own’; these proposals are supported by other opposition parties, parties that stand close to them and focus on the same issue. Coalition parties and parties that stand far away sabotage these proposals.     

It’s Not the Media,Stupid

It is commonly believed that the general public is heavily dependent on the media for its political news and views and that, as a consequence, the media exercise a strong influence over public opinion and behaviour. However, many millions in the Western world strongly believe things that are barely ever mentioned in the mainstream media, just as many millions also firmly reject or ignore some of the messages that are repeated incessantly by them. This confirms sixty years of experimental psychology research showing that most individuals are capable of preserving their beliefs, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, argument and logic to the contrary. Consistent with this, political science research finds little evidence of strong media influence on the party voting, political attitudes and election agendas of citizens. They have their own ways of gathering political information about the world around them, and they do not necessarily believe what they read in the papers, unless they are so inclined to start with. Consequently, media influences on mass opinion and behaviour are weaker than commonly assumed and, such as they are, their effects are more beneficial than harmful for democracy.     

加强非公安专业人才培养 促进公安院校发展

在市场经济的冲击下，公安院校发展面临重重困惑与阻碍。公安院校如何通过不断加强非公安专业人才的培养来促进学校发展，是公安院校继续生存并进一步发展亟待解决的问题。