Immigrant parents’ everyday encounters with exclusion and public space mobilities: ‘Some type of force field’

This paper explores everyday feelings of exclusion experienced by Western immigrant parents of preschool aged children in public park playgrounds in Tokyo. These parental feelings of exclusion and unbelonging arose from negative encounters with the majority population where children's visible bodily differences led to unintegrated play. The paper argues that this sense of exclusion is socially problematic as immigrant parents feel negative emotions when using public playgrounds, turn away from local public space mobilities towards online play dates with their countries of origin, and focus more on private home centred play through a style of self-segregation as coping techniques.     

BITING ONCE,TWICE: THE INFLUENCE OF PRIOR ON SUBSEQUENT CRIME LOCATION CHOICE

Properties, victims, and locations previously targeted by offenders have an increased risk of being targeted again within a short time period. It has been suggested that often the same offenders are involved in these repeated events and, thus, that offenders’ prior crime location choices influence their subsequent crime location choices. This article examines repeated crime location choices, testing the hypothesis that offenders are more likely to commit a crime in an area they previously targeted than in areas they did not target before. Unique data from four different data sources are used to study the crime location choices of 3,666 offenders who committed 12,639 offenses. The results indicate that prior crime locations strongly influence subsequent crime location choices. The effects of prior crime locations are larger if the crimes are frequent, if they are recent, if they are nearby, and if they are the same type of crime.     

Angular Determination of Toolmarks Using a Computer‐Generated Virtual Tool

A blind study to determine whether virtual toolmarks created using a computer could be used to identify and characterize angle of incidence of physical toolmarks was conducted. Six sequentially manufactured screwdriver tips and one random screwdriver were used to create toolmarks at various angles. An apparatus controlled tool angle. Resultant toolmarks were randomly coded and sent to the researchers, who scanned both tips and toolmarks using an optical profilometer to obtain 3D topography data. Developed software was used to create virtual marks based on the tool topography data. Virtual marks generated at angles from 30 to 85° (5° increments) were compared to physical toolmarks using a statistical algorithm. Twenty of twenty toolmarks were correctly identified by the algorithm. On average, the algorithm misidentified the correct angle of incidence by ?6.12°. This study presents the results, their significance, and offers reasons for the average angular misidentification.     

A Test of the DSP Sexing Method on CT Images from a Modern French Sample

The hip bone is considered to be one of the most reliable indicators in sex determination. The aim of this study was to test the reliability of the DSP method for the hip bone proposed by Murail et al. (Bull Mem Soc Anthropol Paris, 17, 2005, 167) on a sample from a present‐day population in France (52 males and 54 females). Ten linear measurements were collected from three‐dimensional models derived from computed tomography images (CTI). To quantify the proportions of correct sex determinations, a more rigorous posterior probability threshold of 0.95 was applied. Using all 10 measurements, 92.3% of males and 97.2% of females were sexed correctly. The percentage of undetermined specimens varied depending on the used combination of measurements; however, all sexes were assigned with a 100% accuracy. This study proves that DSP is an appropriate and reliable tool for sex determination, based on dimensions obtained from CTI.     

不确定的法律概念与司法审查

不确定的法律概念是指未明确表示而具有流动的特征之法律概念,其包括一个确定的概念核心以及一个多多少少广泛不清的概念外围。不确定的法律概念的存在是由法律语言的模糊性决定的。对不确定的法律概念的解释、适用,理论上就有可能存在多数适当的判断决定。那么行政机关就不确定的法律概念的适用,是否存在不受法院审查的决定权限?这确实是公法学上的一大难题,也是公法学的一大重点问题,具有非常重要的现实意义。对不确定法律概念的涵义、适用以及判断余地理论分析研究,对我国行政诉讼具有现实意义。     

空间权:一种新型的财产权利

空间权是一种新型的财产权利,空间权可以与建设用地使用权相分离,成为一项独立的物权.当土地所有权与建设用地使用权发生分离之后,并不意味着空间权完全归属于建设用地使用权的内容,土地所有权人也仍然在一定范围内享有对空间利用的权利.空间权归建设用地使用权支配的范围是有限的,建设用地使用权人只能在规定的范围内进行支配,而超出的支配范围由所有权人享有,并由所有权人进行支配.因而,对土地上下的空间,只要未予明确的,剩余权利都应归所有权人而不是使用权人享有.     

论侦查制度移植

侦查程序的改革必须兼顾侦查效率与保障人权，不存在何者优先。对旧制度的批判必须建立在客观事实基础上，构建新的制度的前提是社会有实施该制度的共识。砌筑平衡侦查效率与保障人权的观念及基础是当下的关键。     

利用公司债券开展并购的法律空间

利用公司债券开展并购颇具经济价值,亟待发展,但目前学界对其关注甚少。尽管目前我国债券市场相对不发达,债券参与并购缺乏直接的可操作性的法律规定,但通过分析现有法规仍可发现利用公司债券开展并购的巨大法律空间。在证监会新近确立的“大力发展债券”的政策背景下,利用债券开展并购的法律空间将会不断拓展。     

教学中的非言语交际

教学是师生间的信息交流活动 ,这一过程中既有言语交流也有非言语交流。教师的非言语交际行为对学生有着重大影响 ,掌握并恰当地使用非言语交际行为 ,可以提高教学工作效率     

对当前"青春偶像剧"的危机性透视

青春偶像剧对于"青春恋情"这一大众母题的开掘落入了唯"视觉化"的误区;"抄袭"与"跟风"的弊病,暴露了当前偶像剧生产中较为落后的生产机制与方式;相对单一、封闭的文化格局,使得青春偶像剧失去了"开放性"和"大众性".所有这些既影响了青春偶像剧的"收视率",也断送了自己的艺术提升之路.