Explaining School Corporal Punishment: Evangelical Protestantism and Social Capital in a Path Model

School corporal punishment is associated with many negative outcomes. This research explores the antecedents to the practice and prevalence of school corporal punishment. A series of regression models indicated that two variables were significant predictors of a state’s practice of school corporal punishment: rate of evangelical Protestant adherents and social capital. A path analysis indicated that these two variables significantly predicted the rate of school corporal punishment in practicing states. The path analysis also revealed a significant and negative relationship between rate of evangelical Protestant adherents and social capital, but no relationship between rate of mainstream Protestant adherents and social capital. A mediation analysis indicated that social capital serves as a mediating variable between evangelical Protestantism and rate of school corporal punishment. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.     

惩办职务犯罪适用从重原则与刑法平等原则之关系研究

从重原则是惩办职务犯罪所提倡的 ,职务犯罪与非职务犯罪虽有所区别 ,但按照刑法平等原则 ,在追究职务犯罪刑事责任时 ,不应因犯罪人的特殊身份而发生改变或增减。公私不平等观念影响着刑法平等原则在惩办职务犯罪中的贯彻。     

Justice and organizational punishment: Attitudinal outcomes of disciplinary events

This study utilized a justice framework to investigate punished subordinates' attitudinal reactions to specific disciplinary events. Results suggested that personality variables (negative affectivity and belief in a just world) influenced subordinate perceptions of the disciplinary event. In addition, belief in a just world had a direct effect on satisfaction with the supervisor, intention to leave, and organizational commitment. Contrary to expectations, harshness (a distributive aspect of the event) influenced perceptions of procedural justice and attitudes toward the institution (organizational commitment) and the leader (trust in supervisor), in addition to its influence on perceptions of distributive justice. The influence of procedural aspects of the event on attitudinal outcomes varied by dependent variable. The implications for future research and for management are discussed.     

西部环境问题的刑法对策思考

要治理好西部日趋恶化的环境问题,从刑法对策角度出发,在罪与非罪的界定原则方面,应坚持差异性原则、有限制的因果关系推定原则;在环境犯罪的刑事制裁方面,刑事制裁的对象顺序应为个人———单位;立法未对环境犯罪规定死刑是妥当的,立法取消无期徒刑值得讨论,应充分发挥财产刑的惩罚与补偿作用;在非刑罚处理措施方面,应重视环境犯罪的非刑罚制裁方法。     

罪刑法定与生命科技犯罪

生命科学技术的发展促生了生命科技犯罪。而由于受罪刑法定原则的制约,现行刑法还无法很好地规制这类新型的犯罪。这对我国刑法构成了挑战,需要采取适宜的应对策略。     

老挝外资立法与中国外资立法的比较分析

吸引外来投资是发展中国家发展国民经济的重要手段。老挝与中国都属于发展中国家,两国为了吸引外资,促进国民经济发展,都努力形成了一定规模的外资法体系。由于两国国情不同,在外资立法结构体系上采取了不同的模式。     

试论公务员受到不利处分后的救济

行政救济是行政法制的重要组成部分 ,其完善与否是衡量一国民主与法制程度的尺度 ,在现代社会越来越为人们所重视。但是 ,对公务员受到不利处分的救济却长期以来为人们所忽视 ,通过对国内外公务员救济制度比较分析 ,我国公务员受到不利处分的救济制度应进行完善     

保安处分立法论评析

诸多保安处分理论的赞同者在保安处分的立法论问题上存在一元论、二元论和折衷论的争执。从实质上说,诸种保安处分立法论是围绕保安处分与刑罚的关系来立论和展开的。要寻求适合我国国情的保安处分立法论,必须对这些理论予以梳理和评析     

关于完善我国刑罚执行体制的法律思考

按照法律规定,我国现行的刑罚执行体制,是由三个相对独立的权力系统的公安机关、人民法院和监狱所组成。但这一分散、多元的刑罚执行体制,已不适应社会发展的需要。文章指出,应当将现由公安机关和人民法院承担的刑罚执行职能剥离出来,同监狱的刑罚执行一样,统一划归由全体的或者完善的刑罚执行职能部门———司法部行使,以实现刑罚执行一体化和专门化。