Examining general strain: Using subjective and objective measures of academic strain to predict delinquency

General Strain Theory (GST) places importance on the experience of negative emotional states resulting from exposure to stressful and/or negative events. Subsequent research has suggested that identifying strain might be contingent upon the use of objective or subjective measures of strain, and that the types of delinquent outcomes assessed might mediate the significance of the findings. Using a sample of nontraditional high school students, this study examines whether objective or subjective measures of academic strain will explain involvement in both substance use (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs) or delinquent offending. We conclude with results and policy implications.     

Policy Diffusion and Performance-based Budgeting

This article applied the policy diffusion model as a theoretical framework for interpreting the international spread of performance-based budgeting, based upon 33 OECD case studies of countries that have implemented this reform. The data show that the historical development of performance-based budgeting was fairly consistent with the diffusion model. In particular, the adoption of performance budgeting took off during 1985–1995 and then accelerated over the following 15 years, and the primary innovators were a group of four English-speaking countries with comparatively laissez-faire economies (the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). The case studies indicated that performance-based budgeting was generally part of a broader program of governmental reform, that executive agencies were more important than parliaments in managing it, that it became quite important in budget- and policy-making, and that implementing it faced a significant number of challenges.     

历史上的河北烟毒与禁政

自烟毒在河北泛滥成灾后,它就成为危害河北的一个非常严重的社会问题,解放前历届政府均曾厉行禁政,但烟毒问题一直没有得到彻底解决。中华人民共和国建立初期,在短短三年时间里,就从源头上基本解决了旧中国历届政府所无法解决的烟毒泛滥问题,树立了“无毒省”的形象。     

利用双语教学手段促进涉外警务人才培养

涉外警务专业课程的性质决定了其与国际接轨的必然性。学生必须了解国际和国内的公安涉外管理制度以及国际法、国际关系、涉外行政法等相关的交叉学科内容。使用英文原版教材并结合中文教材的双语教学模式就成为了探索中的较为理想的教学模式。本文探讨双语教学模式与涉外警务专业课程相结合的必要性以及相关保障措施,以确保涉外警务教学模式的成功实施。     

加工贸易走私犯罪案件的特点及侦查对策

目前,加工贸易涉及我国大部分产业,在利用外资、引进技术和科学管理方式方面发挥了重要作用。长期以来,我国加工贸易分散经营的模式给海关监管造成了极大不便,同时也给走私犯罪分子提供了可乘之机。加工贸易走私犯罪数量有逐渐增多趋势,单位案件涉案价值是各种走私犯罪中最大的。受金融危机的影响,加工贸易走私犯罪案件又有新的变化,呈现出了新的特点。为了能更有效地打击犯罪,为社会主义经济建设保驾护航,对加工贸易走私犯罪案件侦查对策的研究也就显得尤为迫切和重要。     

海峡两岸遣返刑事犯或刑事嫌疑犯程序机制研究——以《海峡两岸共同打击犯罪及司法互助协议》第6条为依据

《金门协议》确立了两岸遣返刑事犯或刑事嫌疑犯机制,《海峡两岸共同打击犯罪及司法互助协议》对这一机制进一步完善。两岸遣返刑事犯或刑事嫌疑犯时,需要具备四个条件。决定遣返时,还需对遣返的请求进行行政性审查,存在双重审查和单层审查两种机制。为了保证遣返工作的顺利进行,对于被遣返人可以视情况采取一定的强制措施,如拘留、逮捕、监视居住等。最后,移交被遣返人时,当前在移交主体、移交方式、移交时间等方面已形成较为成熟的做法。     

长株潭试验区文化产业可持续发展对策

长株潭试验区文化产业在重视红色文化的同时,还要充分发掘并不断丰富湖湘文化特色,塑造、培育长株潭城市群文化元素、文化品牌和文化精神,为"两型社会"增光添彩,从而实现文化自强与文化自豪的宏伟目标。     

凤凰古城收费事件行政法分析

凤凰古城自收费以来饱受社会各界热议,凤凰县县政府收费行为的合法性与合理性受到了多方质疑。然而对于凤凰古城收费行为的正当性却没有一个较为理性的定论。故应在明确凤凰古城收费行为的法律属性后,对该收费行为的合法性与合理性进行理性分析,从而得出较为客观之结论,并对此事件进行反思,望达到合理解决此次收费事件与公民权益得到合理救济之目的。     

针对税侦工作特点加强税侦队伍建设

危害税收征管案件侦查是刑事案件侦查的一部分,但它又有其自身特点,即被害人是国家,侦查工作没有来自直接被害单位或被害人的支持、监督和推动。因此,针对税侦工作特点,做好税侦工作,必须加大税侦队伍建设的力度,使这支队伍以良好的素质与形象承担起打击涉税犯罪,维护税收秩序的重任。