“Women’s Inhumanity Towards Women?” Treatment of Female Crime Suspects by Female Officers of the Nigerian Police

This article presents findings from a new qualitative study of female offenders’ interactions with Nigerian policewomen. Against the position of policing literature and feminists and gender advocates that abusive treatment of female arrestees is a function of policemen’s misconduct, this study exposes the active roles played by policewomen in inflicting violence on female detainees. We argue therefore that the mere increase in number and participation of policewomen in the criminal justice system will not address the violent treatment of female suspects; rather, the restructuring of the power dynamics in the police that currently subjects policewomen to the definitions, acceptance, and approval of male-dominant superiors is required.     

Drug Films,Justice, and Nationhood 1

This paper examines how drug traffickers, enforcement, nationhood, and space are represented in illegal drug films. Drawing from a sample of films produced in the United States between 1916 and 2005, this paper examines several drug films in order to explore how past and contemporary films on illegal drugs reflect conventional ideologies about law and order, the nation, and imperialism. Censorship and illegal drug films that challenge and rupture conventional ideologies will also be discussed.     

‘The Sweet Taste of Sin’—A Muslim Drug Dealer in a Nordic Welfare State

Moa is a 22-year-old Muslim dealer selling drugs at a street drug market in Oslo. The main part of the paper consists of long interview extracts from three interviews with him. The aim is to capture some of the ambivalence and complexity that might otherwise be lost in traditional scholarly analysis. In short, Moa tells how he got into drug dealing in the first place, the help he received from a well-meaning welfare state apparatus, his feelings of remorse, guilt, and shame, and the attempts he made to break with the drug trade and its life-style. Moa's story highlights differences between street life in a benevolent welfare state with a penal system famous for its open-handedness, and street life under harder socio-economic and penal conditions. Even though Moa has more opportunities than offenders elsewhere, failing in a society where most others succeed is different from failing in a larger marginalized community. Moa's story also challenges the public view of Muslim offenders and questions established assumptions about the relationship between Islam and crime.     

美国药品责任诉讼中药品缺陷的证明

在美国产品严格责任制度中,药品具有缺陷是药品侵权责任成立的前提条件。在涉及药品责任的诉讼中,对药品缺陷的证明是决定诉讼胜败的关键。“美国第三次侵权法重述”把药品缺陷分为设计缺陷、制造缺陷、使用说明或警示缺陷。其各自不同的判断标准,既能帮助原告理解抽象的缺陷概念,也为原告通过具体的证据去证明缺陷指明了方向。探讨美国药品缺陷判断与证明的法律理论以及判例经验,以期能对我国相关法律的建设与司法实践提供一些有益的参考。     

制度细化与理念更新:《戒毒条例》解读

2011年6月26日公布施行的《戒毒条例》对促进戒毒工作具有重要的积极意义,它包括建立戒毒保障机制、建立戒毒工作体系、细化戒毒法律责任和明确戒毒法规效力四个方面,其主要内容在于规定了自愿戒毒、社区戒毒、强制隔离戒毒和社区康复四种戒毒措施的执行问题,为每一项戒毒措施都规定了相应的具体制度,从而解决了《禁毒法》的具体理解和实际执行问题。这些规定在价值理念上体现了对戒毒人员的权利保障、注重戒毒政策的科学要求和加强戒毒工作的社会联动。     

公共管理框架下关爱矫治模式的探究——以德宏州三县(市)老弱病残吸贩毒人员康复关爱中心为例

零星贩毒活动是吸毒者获取毒品的主要途径,也是禁吸戒毒难以巩固,复吸率高的重要原因之一.<禁毒法>的实施,针对特殊群体探索公共管理框架下的关爱矫治复模式刻不容缓.德宏州盈江、陇川、瑞丽等县(市)在该问题上进行了探索,为治理老弱病残等特殊群体人员的吸贩毒问题提供了借鉴.     

广州外国人犯罪与防控机制研究

广州历史上就是中西通商的重要口岸,改革开放以来,随着广州国际化程度的日益提高,来穗旅游、留学、经商、就业的外国人快速增长,在经济繁荣的同时,外国人违法犯罪等社会问题也较为突出。广州市在实践中不断探索涉外管理服务模式,加大了对＂三非＂外国人的查处力度,成功打造了一批外国人聚居的示范社区,但仍需进一步调整境外人员管理体制,尽快完善相关的法律、法规,建立外管人员管理的综合信息平台,真正做到外国人在穗犯罪的可防、可控。     

“吸毒驾驶”入刑及其关键问题探讨--以醉酒驾驶作风险比较和刑事侦查作操作考量为视角

由“吸毒驾驶”引发的恶性交通事故频发，呈日益增长且难以遏制的态势。针对“吸毒驾驶”日趋严重问题，公安机关在推动“毒驾入刑”和查处“吸毒驾驶”方面做出了不懈的努力，国务院在关于《禁毒法实施和禁毒工作情况的报告》中也曾建议《刑法》增设“毒驾罪”。2011年我国出台《刑法修正案（八）》，把醉酒驾驶规定为犯罪，与“醉驾”相比，“吸毒驾驶”对道路交通安全和社会公共安全的危害更大。本文以同醉酒驾驶作风险比较和从刑事侦查作操作考量为视角，对“吸毒驾驶”入刑的必要性、可行性及几个关键性问题进行论述。     

Some Observations on Changing Business Practices in Drug Trafficking: The Andean experience

The field of cocaine production and trafficking has become more differentiated and the enterprises have become more heterogeneous. A new generation of traffickers has entered the business. They are low profile, cautious and they organize the trade in an informal way. They have a different style of operation than the druglords in the epoch of the big ‘cartels’. The use of individual couriers smuggling small amounts of cocaine while using normally scheduled flights has increased spectacularly presenting new challenges to law enforcement.