Forensic Evidence and Criminal Investigations: The Impact of Ballistics Information on the Investigation of Violent Crime in Nine Cities,

We explore the impact of information from ballistics imaging hit reports on the investigation into violent crimes. Ballistics imaging hits link two crimes involving the same firearm by forensically matching tool marks on the fired bullets or cartridge cases. Interview data collected from detectives who received a hit report were used to explore the relationship between the presence of a hit report and outcomes in 65 gun‐related violent crime investigations in nine U.S. police agencies. Findings indicate hit reports rarely contribute to identification, arrest, charging, or sentencing of suspects, because of delays in producing hit reports. On average, hit reports were completed 181.4 days after the focal crime. This delay forces investigations to proceed without the benefit of information from ballistics analysis. Additionally, hit reports rarely contained detailed information that was immediately useful to investigators. Instead, hit reports required additional research by the investigator to unlock useful information.     

An academic perspective on the copyright reform

The recently proposed new Copyright Directive was released on 14 September 2016. It has been described by EU law-makers as the pillar of the copyright package promised by the European Commission (EC), to be delivered before the end of Mr. Juncker's mandate. In its Communication of 6 May 2015, the EC had stressed “the importance to enhance cross-border access to copyright-protected content services, facilitate new uses in the fields of research and education, and clarify the role of online services in the distribution of works and other subject-matter.” The proposed Copyright Directive is thus a key measure aiming to address two of these three issues. However it is not without shortfalls.We have therefore decided to publicly express our concerns and send an open letter to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council to urge them to re-assess the new provisions dealing with mandatory filtering of user-generated content in the light of the CJEU case law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.In a more extended statement, we examine in details the text of both the explanatory memorandum and the Directive itself.Our conclusions are:1. A comprehensive re-assessment of Article 13 and Recital 39 in the light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the E-commerce Directive (in particular Article 15) including CJEU case law is needed, as the proposed Copyright Directive does not expressly address the issue of its compatibility with both of these texts.2. Recital 38 does not clarify the domain and effect of Article 13. Rather, it creates confusion as it goes against settled CJEU case law (relating to Articles 14 and 15 of the E-commerce Directive and Article 3 of the Infosoc Directive). Recital 38 should therefore be deleted or substantially re-drafted/re-phrased. If the EU wants to introduce a change in this regard it should clearly justify its choice. In any case, a recital in the preamble to a directive is not an appropriate tool to achieve this effect.We hope that this exercise will prove useful for the debate that has now begun both in the European Parliament and in the Council.     

试论大学毕业生人户分离问题

高校扩招以来,每年的大学毕业生数量大规模增长,造成大学毕业生人户分离现象十分突出。解决大学毕业生人户分离问题的途径主要有:打破大学毕业生就业户籍限制;放宽大学毕业生就业户籍迁移条件;实现大学毕业生就业户籍联网办理等。     

网络警察的专业素质及培养途径

本文通过对当前网络警察面临的形势和工作职责的分析．提出了网络警察在知识结构和能力结构方面应当具备的专业素质．即具有高深的计算机专业知识、丰富的法律知识和熟练的公安业务知识,以及较强的综合应用知识解决问题的实战能力,并探讨了网络警察的培养途径,提出加强普通高校和公安高校相关专业建设．完善相应的网络警察培训机制的建议。     

中外社区治安管理对策的比较——以西方社区邻里守望和中国群防群治为例

西方的社区警务理论是经过三次大的警务革命总结经验教训之后才形成和发展起来的。上世纪70年代之后,它已成为国际警务的大趋势。目前,我国正处于社会变革、经济转型时期,社会基层基础治安出现了许多新情况、新问题。当前我国的社区治安管理工作应该在借鉴西方社区誓务成熟的管理模式基础上构建具有自己特色的社区治安防控体系。     

Network neutrality: Issues for Australia

The beginning of the 21st century saw the beginning of substantial debate on “open access” to the Internet and the related concept of “network neutrality”. This paper is a short introduction to some of the complexities of the debate, focussing on the difficulties of attempting to regulate rapidly developing technologies, as well as particular issues of price and market regulation in Australia. Generally, network neutrality advocates believe that without regulation, telecommunications companies will use their control over “last mile” infrastructure to engage in discriminatory and anti-competitive practices against content providers. Opponents argue that this concern is illusory, and regulatory restrictions requiring neutrality will in their turn restrict innovation by network providers. In Australia, most discussion has focussed on price and market regulation. However, many Australian opponents of network neutrality say that it is an American problem, irrelevant to Australia, because of different pricing models for the Australian broadband market.     

论跨文化交际中的英语优势

通过时跨文化交际中的英语应用现状、文化表达差异、英语优势特征和影响等的探讨,可以看到英语优势在跨文化交际中的作用,从而利用英语优势达到有效的跨文化交际的真正目的。     

从公安管理的角度解读《第23次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》

中国互联网络信息中心（CNNIC）一直致力于互联网发展的调查和研究,每年两次的互联网统计报告全面、系统、客观、真实地展现了互联网的发展现状、网民的行为和习惯以及互联网发展的趋势,为我们开展互联网管理工作提供了有效的依据。因此,公安机关解读这个报告,能使我们对互联网有一个清晰的了解,寻找工作结合点和着力点,对作出准确的判断和科学的决策具有深刻意义。     

Using social network analysis to target criminal networks

Using social network analysis (SNA), we propose a model for targeting criminal networks. The model we present here is a revised version of our existing model (Schwartz and Rouselle in IALEIA Journal, 18(1):18–14, 2008), which itself builds on Steve Borgatti’s SNA-based key player approach. Whereas Borgatti’s approach focuses solely on actors’ network positions, our model also incorporates the relative strength or potency of actors, as well as the strength of the relationships binding network actors.

网络对青少年社会化的利与弊

网络对青少年社会化的影响有利有弊。一方面,起到了增强社会化的自主性、促进知识技能的学习、拓宽人际互动的范围和提供广阔的虚拟角色演绎空间等积极作用;另一方面,造成了社会化的缺陷、道德社会化的偏离、人生价值观的冲击以及自我角色的失调等负面影响。应该加强网络的管理,加强青少年健康上网的引导和社会化方面的教育,促进青少年健康地社会化。