Behind closed doors: the effect of pretrial publicity on jury deliberations

Abstract

Effective treatment of aggressive behaviour and accurate release decision making are necessary components of adequate clinical practice in forensic psychiatric units. Unfortunately, methods to identify treatment targets and ameliorate aggressive behaviour have developed at a slower pace than risk assessment technologies. Recent progress on the identification of offence paralleling or functionally equivalent behaviour offers a framework for individually tailored treatment and idiographic release decision making, although empirical scrutiny of this approach is inadequate. This paper describes an examination of the relationship between aggressive behaviour prior to admission with aggression during inpatient psychiatric treatment, and reconviction for violent offending following discharge. Results showed a relationship between pre- and post-admission aggression but no relationship between aggression during inpatient psychiatric treatment with either pre-admission aggressive behaviour or violent recidivism. These findings indicate the importance of state psychological variables, specifically those states affected by symptoms of psychiatric illness, as well as environmental activators and inhibitors of violence that operate within the hospital. These require inclusion in an adequate functional analysis of aggressive behaviour for forensic psychiatric patients.     

Labor strategies of families: An introduction

The collection presents an approach to history in which the dominance of structure is replaced by the effects of human agency. Individual motives and actions are the subject of these studies. In particular, the articles focus on the economic approach of family strategies, starting with a methodological discussion of the problematic concept of strategies: how to disentangle the influence of social structure, family circumstances, and individual behavior. The conflicting interests of individuals resulted in replacing the so-called “joint utility function” with that of “bargained family decisions.” The focus of the contributions is on the labor deployment of family members. All articles deal with three factors influencing labor deployment: adaptation to the structural environment, regulation of labor within the family, and reconciliation of choices at transition points during the individual life course of family members.     

“醉酒型”危险驾驶罪的量刑标准——以司法理性与审判效率的契合为视角

鉴于＂醉酒型＂危险驾驶罪在《刑法修正案（八）》施行一年之际暴露出的诸多困境,司法实践应从出罪途径和量刑标准两个方面来破解定罪界限与量刑失衡现状：通过反证抽象危险的不存在及适用总则第13条来构建合理的出罪路径,以期坚守司法理性和刑法的谦抑性;通过量刑规范化来统一量刑标准和程序参与,确定从量刑起点直至宣告刑中各个环节的标准和影响幅度。从而＂以看得见的形式＂实现量刑的规范和公正,最大限度地实现司法的公正、效率和社会认可。     

复行为理论下对轮奸“共同正犯说”之反思

我国刑法将轮奸定位为强奸犯罪的加重情节,而非独立的罪名。因强奸犯罪属复行为犯,复行为中的强制行为之上可成立共同正犯,而奸淫行为具有亲手性和排他性,不能成立共同正犯,各犯罪人只能轮流地、各自地实施奸淫行为。轮奸不是典型意义上的共同正犯,而是数个独立意义上的强奸犯罪之叠加,也只能在宏观上被拟制成为"共同正犯",即多犯罪人"在实现各自轮流奸淫被害人的目的支配下"通过参与实施"团体性"强制行为而实现每个犯罪人对被害人的奸淫行为。     

危险犯之特殊中止形态研究

危险犯之中止形态是指行为人在故意实施犯的行为过程中,自动停止其犯罪行为或者自动有效地防止了危险结果发生的一种犯罪形态。当行为人采取措排除危险状态避免实害结果发生这一条件成熟时,那么危险犯既遂就被相对应的实害犯中止形态所吸收,仅成吸收的犯罪形态即实害犯中止。如果没有造成损害,应当就免除处罚;如果造成损害的,应当从轻处罚。     

论行政犯罪过失

行政犯罪过失是指行政犯罪行为人应当预见自己的行为可能发生侵害某一特定的行政法益或行政秩序的结果,因为疏忽大意而没有预见,或者已经预见而轻信能够避免,以致发生这种结果的主观心理状态。研究行政犯罪中的法律过失和监督过失,有利于在司法实践中更好地把握行政犯罪。     

中国加入WTO以后职务犯罪发展趋势及对策研究

中国加入世贸组织以后,随着经济贸易的进一步发展,一定时期内,职务犯罪将表现为更加复杂、严重和突出,而且会出现典型的多发部位。而治理和预防新形势下的职务犯罪,需要完善刑事法律规范和预防工作的相关立法,并以体制和制度保障加强惩治力度,以超前的意识作为指导思想,运用健全的权力监督制约机制和刑罚的预防功能等具有针对性的策略全面加以防范,突出社会效果。     

运输毒品罪的法律辨析

运输毒品的行为往往是其他毒品犯罪的辅助行为,运输毒品罪往往与其他毒品犯罪交叉和竞合。为了更准确地定罪,必须认识到运输行为的本质是：在国（边）境内,转移明知的毒品的地理位置。对于该罪的既未遂形态,应当根据运输方式的不同分别认定;与转移毒品罪和非法持有毒品罪的区别必须依赖于行为人的主观方面;运输毒品罪与走私毒品罪的根本区别在于移动毒品的地理位置的不同。