Why Do the Finns Trust the Police?

Ideological trends in the criminal policy of the Nordic countries since the 1960s are analysed. Although criminal policy in these countries is not unified, one can argue for the existence of a 'Scandinavian criminal policy' characterized by several common features concerning historical tradition, intensive cooperation and a similar approach to crime prevention and control. The following trends and characteristics are examined in some detail: the cycle from criticism of the treatment ideology to a reappraisal of the role of the criminal justice system and the function of penal sanctions; the differentiation of criminal policy strategies (e.g. social and situational crime prevention, cost-benefit thinking, criminal law policy, sanctions policy). Discernible tendencies towards more unified or, at least, more harmonized criminal policies on the international and European level are also examined. Active participation in this developmental process is encouraged to ensure that the fundamental principles of Scandinavian criminal policy are properly utilized.     

Scandinavian Prospects for a Place‐Based Randomized Experiment on Burglary Reduction

Despite their widespread implementation, there is a surprising absence of clear‐cut, unambiguous evidence concerning the effectiveness of situational crime prevention approaches (e.g. alarms, neighborhood watch, property‐marking) on residential burglary. This absence of evidence—which should not be confused with a presence of contradictory evidence—stems most notably from the fact that very few of the programs enacted to date have been evaluated under controlled, experimental conditions. The current article describes problems with previous evaluations and advocates the use of a place‐based, randomized experimental design—which this author argues should be easier to implement in Scandinavia than elsewhere.     

The mutuality of risk and community: the adjudication of community notification statutes

Although it has drawn significant attention in the legal literature, the adjudication of community notification statutes (often referred to as 'Megan's Law' in the United States) demonstrates a centrality of both risk and community that deserves attention from a governance perspective. In this paper, I focus on the ways in which concepts of risk and community are mutually constitutive, and how the adjudication of community notification statutes relies on particular visions of 'community' to engage particular ways of conceiving of 'risk', much of which relies on a rejection of expertise and a focus on 'common sense'. This focus on 'common sense', opens up new problematics of government: courts adjudicating community notification cases are working to define the particular mechanics of a state-civil society partnership, and thereby operationalize the preventive state without rendering the state redundant or obsolete, and without opening the state to new forms of legal and political accountability. While providing a case study in the move to advanced liberal governance in the area of criminal law, this adjudication also reveals the contingent nature of risk, and the ways in which judicial invocation of 'risk' and its management can constitute liberal subjects who continue to rely on the state, while no longer expecting the state to be accountable for crime or its control.     

当前毒品预防教育中存在的问题与对策

毒品问题是当今世界三大社会公害之一。当前毒品预防教育工作中存在的问题 :1、认识上存在偏差 ;2、预防教育力量不足 ;3、预防教育发展不平横。对策 :1、加强领导 ,提高认识 ,纠正偏差 ;2、充实力量 ,提高全民禁毒意识     

浅析交通肇事逃逸的原因、特点及侦防措施

着重分析产生交通肇事逃逸的原因,从交通肇事逃逸案件损害后果、行为主体,环境特征三方面总结交通肇事逃逸案件的规律,探析了加强交通肇事逃逸的侦破措施,如何有效地进行交通肇事逃逸的预防.     

青少年吸毒的原因、危害及预防

青少年吸毒有主观原因和客观原因。主观原因 :个人素质不高 ,缺乏正确判断是非的能力 ;追求新奇 ;盲目自信 ;寻求解脱和剌激 ;愚昧无知 ;交友不慎。客观原因 :境外毒品的渗透和毒品市场的存在 ;学校教育存在弊端 ;社会环境的影响 ;禁毒法律不够完善 ;某些单位对禁毒缺乏应有的认识 ;家庭矛盾和教育不当。预防 :1、严厉打击毒品犯罪 ,切断毒品危害源头 ;2、加强进行反毒防毒知识教育和正确的人生观、价值观教育 ;3、净化社会环境 ;4、加强家庭教育 ;5、加强戒毒工作     

唐宋时期残疾群体救助特点及成因分析

唐宋两代是我国历史上社会救助比较完善的时期，这一时期残疾人群体的社会救助在政策、典法、制度等都有涉及，关于残疾人群体救助的特点较为鲜明，措施和方式也是比较完备，这与两个时代的经济、政治背景是分不开的。该时期的残疾救助继古开今，为后世的社会救助奠定了基础，也为我国社会转型期的救助提供了借鉴，特别是残疾人的救助更是关系到社会整体的进步与发展。     

浅议云南省高速公路交通事故的预防

近年来,随着高速公路建设的迅猛发展,交通流量的与日俱增,高速公路交通事故发生率也大大攀升,如何预防高速公路交通事故,以确保经济大动脉的安全,减少人身伤亡和财产损失,是摆在公安交通管理部门面前的一项重大课题。     

论现代警务机制中的治安内保工作

治安内保工作是公安工作的重要组成部分。目前,上海的治安内保基层工作、基础建设、基本技能等方面亟待加强和改进,这是实行现代治安内保警务的基础,更是构建上海现代警务机制的前提。为此,我们必须从实际出发,根据治安内保工作的规律、特点,因地制宜,合理布局,建立健全点面结合、动静结合、人技结合的立体治安内保警务防控网络。