REASSESSING RACE DISPARITIES IN MARYLAND CAPITAL CASES*

A generation of research studies that were conducted in multiple states and covered different time periods has found evidence that individuals who kill white victims encounter a greater risk of facing the death penalty than killers of black victims. More recently, research has also examined the likelihood of death penalty processing for black defendants who kill white victims in comparison with other defendant–victim race groups. In particular, a study in Maryland conducted by Paternoster et al. (2003) found evidence that offenders in black defendant–white victim cases were more likely to be death noticed by prosecutors and to receive a death sentence than other offenders. A recent analysis by Berk, Li, and Hickman (2005) raised questions about some of these findings. In this article, we conduct new analyses and conclude that black defendants who kill white victims face a greater risk of adverse treatment than other types of defendants.     

SCOPE AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN TESTING THE RACE–CRIME INVARIANCE THESIS: BLACK,WHITE, AND HISPANIC COMPARISONS*

Our goal in this article is to contribute conceptually and empirically to assessments of the racial invariance hypothesis, which posits that structural disadvantage predicts violent crime in the same way for all racial and ethnic groups. Conceptually, we elucidate the scope of the racial invariance hypothesis and clarify the criteria used for evaluating it. Empirically, we use 1999–2001 averaged arrest data from California and New York to extend analyses of the invariance hypothesis within the context of the scope and definitional issues raised in our conceptual framing—most notably by including Hispanic comparisons with Blacks and Whites, by examining the invariance assumption for homicide as well as the violent crime index, by using discrete as well as composite disadvantage measures, and by using census place localities as the study unit. The mixed findings we report from our comparisons (across Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics; offense types; and type of disadvantage) suggest caution and uncertainty about the notion that structural sources of violence affect racial/ethnic groups in uniform ways. We conclude that the hypothesis should be regarded as provisional, and its scope remains to be established as to whether it applies only under narrow conditions or is a principle of general applicability.     

中国古代慎刑的政治思想

慎刑是我国古代社会世轻世重刑事政策的重要内容，它的推行受了多重政治思想的影响。正是由于秦朝法家重刑主义思想的惨败、西汉初期黄老道家思想的推行、汉代以后儒家政治思想的一以贯之，统治者在刑罚的适用中才秉承了慎刑思想，进而建立起了容隐、怜老恤幼、死刑审核等慎刑制度。     

法家学派的渊源与属性考论

以诸子学视角重新审视法家诸子的内在联系,质疑司马谈《论六家要旨》对儒家、墨家、道家、法家并列划分的合理性,对法家学派的渊源重新进行考察,结合先秦儒、墨、道三家显学的演变传承、互相影响之过程,析清法家学派的属性。韩非之前法家作为松散的学术集合体,法家诸子分属不同学派,直到韩非继承三家显学传承,法家学派才得以确立。韩非作为法家集大成者、诸子集大成者,在中国传统学术史上具有承前启后的划时代意义。     

社会主义核心价值体系引领社会思潮的三大机制

建立科学的引领机制是解决社会主义核心价值体系引领社会思潮的首选之举。动力机制是社会主义核心价值体系引领社会思潮的内力之源；保障机制是社会主义核心价值体系引领社会思潮的现实之选；协调机制是社会主义核心价值体系引领社会思潮的灵活之策。在坚持一元主导、多元并存的前提下，将三者紧密结合，有利于最大限度地形成社会思想共识，促进社会主义意识形态建设。     

思想教育工作应同企业文化建设紧密结合

本文从企业文化建设的角度,论述了政治思想教育与企业文化建设的密切关系,分析了思想教育与企业文化建设相结合的途径,通过分析探讨,提出了加强企业文化建设是提升企业核心竞争力的现代企业管理理念。     

高校思想政治教育发展的运行机制研究

高校思想政治教育发展其运行机制包括导向机制、保障机制、动力机制、生成机制、管理机制、领导机制、调节机制。各种机制有机统一、相互配合,以确保高校思想政治教育在新时代取得实效,并促使学生、高校与社会和谐发展。     

普通高等学校《法律基础》课程教学思路与模式探新

在依法治国，建设社会主义法治国家的时代背景下，高校《法律基础》课的使命并不仅仅在于对大学生法律知识的教育与传授，而在于法治理念的培养、法的精神与实质的领悟、法律信仰的确立。当前，高校《法律基础》课在教学实践中的法律教育的思路与模式难当此任，应紧扣新课程方案与时代的要求，确立“以法治理念教育及法的信仰培养为主线，以具体法律制度与知识讲授为支撑”的教学思路与模式。     

试论走向生活世界的教学

理性向生活世界回归是当代哲学的基本走向,它所倡导的思维方式与价值取向的转变对教学论的发展具有重要意义.理性的转向在关系维度上表现为从实体性思维走向关系性思维,关系性思维的确立,有助于我们重新审视、解决当代教学论研究中的一些难题,并树立科学的现代教学过程观.理性的转向在价值维度上表现为从工具理性逐步走向价值理性,价值理性的确立,有助于我们重新理解和评价师生关系,实现传统教学研究范式的转变.     

近百年中国学术思潮反思

一百多年以来的中国现代学术思潮,无论是规模,还是数量,都堪称是与中国学术思潮的原创时期——先秦子学相比拟的大时代。中国现代多元学术思潮的兴起,不仅终结了二千多年来中国传统的主流学术思潮,而且还改变了中国传统学术思潮的形式和内容。但是,在这空前的学术范式之转型和学术思潮之兴盛的时代,我们却看到了人文价值的失落和哲学精神的匮乏。由西化思潮、现代新儒学思潮和马克思主义中国化所构成的中国现代多元学术思潮在这一百多年作为时代精神所经历的成功与失败,也因此构成了我对近百年中国学术思潮的基本反思。