The Re-integration Process from the Perspective of Prisoners: Opinions, Percieved Value and Participation

In this article the presence of the rehabilitation goal in the policy of the prison system in the Netherlands will be discussed first. Particular attention will be paid to the question as to why the rehabilitation goal, in spite of the doubtfull status of its impact, still plays a role in the increasing instrumentalist policy of the Dutch criminal justice system. In addition, some limitations of a one-sided 'nothing works' approach of rehabilitation will be discussed. Next, empirical research is examined for what it teaches about the functioning of correctional programmes within the prison system. Special attention will be paid to the attitudes of inmates toward rehabilitation. It will be shown that in spite of a considerable body of research on institutional adaptation, little is known about the dynamics between inmates' attitudes and personal, situational and organisational background variables. In addition, the results of a survey, conducted on the nature and sources of inmates' attitudes towards rehabilitation, will be presented. Finally, this article will offer reflections on the benefits of a process-evaluative approach of correctional interventions.     

Battered Women and the Criminal Justice System: The Service Providers' Perspective

This article reports on a study of the service providers' perspective on what battered women face when entering the criminal justice system. Victim non-co-operation with the system can manifest itself in various ways and at several points in the process. The article begins with a review of the available literature on the criminal justice system's responses to women battering. Then the experiences and perceptions of service providers in Ohio concerning these responses are described, and, consequently, the findings according to factors which may affect service providers responses are analyzed. The article concludes with an assessment of the policy implications of the system's response to women battering.     

Altering conflict attitudes through prenegotiation contact

This experiment investigates the hypothesis that prenegotiation contact improves conflict attitudes between adversaries. Many different literatures theoretically support variations on this theme, but there has been very little empirical work which directly tests the idea. Using experimental methodology and an international conflict simulation to collect data, the findings from this study demonstrate that there is a strong recasting effect associated with prenegotiation contact. Attitudes are changed in relation to the conflict in general, views of the opponent, and views of self. While the results strongly support the positive effect of prenegotiation contact upon conflict attitudes, important questions are raised regarding other theoretical and empirical dimensions of the process as it relates to international conflict resolution.     

软硬实力与中国对国际法的影响

晚近以来,中国作为一个大国迅猛崛起,然而,中国对国际法的影响仍然有限,与中国实力的快速增强很不相称。造成这种反常现象的主要原因,是中国软硬实力大小的失衡及发挥的受限。要扭转这种不利局面,绝非一日之功而能成就。虽然如此,在国际法律过程中,中国仍然可以根据软硬实力作用的机理,通过利益和观念两大维度尽量做出对自己有利的选择。     

Autonomy: A study of social exchange in a carceral setting

Marshaling ethnographic data from a county jail, this study introduces “autonomy”—a novel concept and measurement of the degree to which an actor's exchange initiations are regulated by other exchange relations. This study rearticulates mutual dependence arguments about the social order of penological living in terms of social exchange theory and offers several innovations: 1) the structural forms of exchange relations in a penal housing unit stratify “carceral autonomy” across members of a social order; 2) diminished carceral autonomy contributes to the buildup of “exchange frustration”—the mixture of discontent and sadness experienced when goals cannot be achieved due the structure of an exchange network; 3) deprivations, inefficacies, and imported cultural standards contribute to what is exchanged and with whom in a penological setting; 4) caretaking in penological housing units is as much about maintaining social order through a form of generalized exchange as it is about network members helping each other; and 5) the emotional landscape of penological living can be mapped, in part, by examining the distribution of carceral autonomy and exchange frustration.     

The scramble for resources: African case studies

China's renewed interest in Africa's resources is a mixed blessing. China is offering infrastructure packages that are especially attractive for post‐conflict countries but it is also helping countries with poor governance to avoid western pressure for economic and democratic reform.     

新生代民工人文关怀与和谐劳资关系的构建

随着我国经济体制改革的不断深化,劳资冲突已成为影响社会经济发展和稳定的重要社会问题之一,新生代民工在工资增长、体面劳动等方面诉求颇为强烈。对此,不仅国家应予高度重视,企业更须更新管理理念,努力增强人文关怀,以促进劳资关系的和谐建立。     

提升海事审判软实力为建设海洋强国、实现经济腾飞保驾护航

中国海事法院审判在三十年的实践中促进中国海事海商法律不断发展完善,海事法院公正透明的司法审判不仅为中国航运物流企业的发展提供了有效保障,而且使中国逐渐成为亚太海事司法中心,赢得了全球的认同和赞誉.提出应进一步提升海事审判“软实力”,为建设海洋强国和经济腾飞保驾护航.     

论诉讼成本与少数民族贫困地区软环境构建

软环境对少数民族贫困地区经济发展的作用日趋显现,法治环境是其重要组成部分,也是软环境有效形成的保障手段,而法治环境离不开诉讼,诉讼需要成本,合理的诉讼成本有利于法治环境的进一步升级。现实的高诉讼成本,对少数民族贫困地区经济发展法治环境形成有负面影响,形不成良性循环的软环境,使发展达不到预期的效益。要创建良好的软环境,形成高效的法治环境,一要提倡合理的诉讼成本;二要抑制对法治环境形成不利的因素,降低诉讼成本,从而发展少数民族贫困地区的特色经济。