The economics of emergency response

Federal first responder funding is estimated to be $98 billion below the minimum required level over the 5 years ending in 2010. A significant portion of that shortfall can be covered by savings attained by eliminating non-public-good services, initiating public–private partnerships for meeting peak time demand in emergency situations, and contracting-out other public services. We concentrate on such savings in the context of response to false calls to police, fire, and ambulance services. Solving the false alarm problem for police, fire, and ambulance services and eliminating some non-public-good police services could release significant service-hours and 23.7–31.4% of the required additional Homeland Security (HLS) annual spending. Reducing false alarms means 88,000 police, fire, and ambulance first responders could be shifted to HLS activities.

加强云南公安信息化工作的思考

随着公安工作的不断发展,我省公安信息化工作取得了长足进步,但所面临的形势依然严峻,存在的问题亟待解决:一是要切实提高对加强公安信息化重要性和必要性的认识;二是要理清工作思路,找准工作目标和明确基本原则;三是要坚持以应用为核心全力推动全警应用;四是要坚持采集和整合两手抓,推进信息资源大扩容和全警共享;五是要以应用为导向稳步推进重点项目建设;六是要落实各项保障措施,加强保障工作机制建设。     

我国公共安全体系风险与对策研究

加强公共安全体系建设,完善社会管理,是关系我国社会、经济协调发展的全局性的战略问题。当前,我国公共安全趋势向好,总体安全,但风险高发,存在组织体系不健全、防控不严、保障乏力、文化滞后等问题。应从公共安全的组织体系、防控体系、保障体系和文化体系着手,推动建立主动防控与应急处置相结合、传统方法与现代手段相结合的公共安全体系,为实现可持续发展和建设社会主义和谐社会战略提供可靠保障。     

A War on ‘Risk’? British Government and the National Security Strategy

This article explores the United Kingdom's National Security Strategy (NSS) since 2008, considering what the NSS discloses about how contemporary Whitehall conceptualises ‘risks’ to Britain. It contends that rather than being a strategy in the Clausewitzian sense, the NSS represents a political exercise in risk management. In addressing a range of quite different problems, the NSS suggests that those in Whitehall now conceive their role as being to shield the citizen from any conceivable threat to their safety, wellbeing, and even emotional security. Yet this constitutes a highly expansive vision, and elevates the state's provision of public goods to a potentially unmanageable level.     

Promoting Data Protection Standards through Contracts: The Case of the Data Security Council of India

Data protection has emerged as a major corporate and government concern worldwide. The focus is on secure handling of data so as to ensure privacy of customer data and security of corporate data. Privacy and security laws in countries are not harmonized; compliance regulations are different too. As the global hub of outsourcing, India is faced with a challenge of demonstrating compliance with varying compliance regulations in countries. The Data Security Council of India (DSCI) considers the Best Practices Approach as a practical and realistic way to enhance adherence to data security and privacy standards, and to enable a service provider to demonstrate compliance. Getting these standards recognized through contracts can promote data protection. An industry association can act as a third party self‐regulatory organization to promote these standards and enforce them among its members through certification or privacy seals, thereby helping implement data protection in international data flows.     

中国性别失衡问题的社会管理:整体性治理框架

1980年以来中国的出生人口性别比开始急剧升高并长期高位徘徊.随着中国社会的快速转型,性别失衡作为社会管理领域的重大人口问题正面临着诸多问题和挑战.因此在当前的人口社会管理中的管理理念和公共政策等方面就需要突破旧有的管理格局和机制,引入整体性治理理论,最终构建性别平等的和谐社会.本文描述了中国出生人口性别比的最新态势,评述了近年来性别失衡治理的公共政策体系,从整体性治理理论出发论述了社会管理视域下性别失衡治理问题,并基于整体性治理理论提出了性别失衡的社会管理框架,为政府性别失衡治理问题提供支持.基于上述框架,本文发现在中国的性别失衡社会管理框架中存在碎片化问题,公共政策体系需要完善,在性别失衡整体性治理的社会管理框架中要纳入对大龄未婚男性的关注.     

继往开来还是取而代之——绉议“孝”文化在新时期农村养老保障制度建设中的作用

以劳动力外流为主体的农村社会变迁冲击着传统的农耕文化,而以此为内核的传统孝文化日益式微,在社会养老条件尚未成熟的情况下,农村养老问题成为时下所关注的焦点之一。论文以社会变迁为视角,对影响传统孝文化变迁的因素进行梳理、分析,认为重塑传统孝文化,是解决农村养老保障问题的重要途径之一。     

闽江上游天后妈祖信仰

妈祖信仰是闽台地区深厚文缘的重要组成部分,它本应包含闽江上游的南平、三明二市这片土地上近千年来的妈祖信仰,更何况南平、三明二市的妈祖信仰还与台湾有着较密切的文化交流关系,因此是值得深入研究的一个领域。作者历经近三年的田野调查,在文章中陈述此地的妈祖信仰情况,研究分析其基本特点,有益于闽台地区的文化交流研究。     

对《刑法修正案（八）》的七点质疑

《刑法修正案（八）》对刑法改革的推动意义自不容否认,但7处缺憾的存在却使得《刑法修正案（八）》略显粗糙：以刑法修正案消融刑事立法解释的非法性;以刑法修正案修改刑法总则的合宪性质疑;引入治安管理处罚措施;对未成年犯的过度轻刑化待遇;取消死刑罪名、死缓限制减刑导致刑罚体系结构不谐：社区矫正“尴尬入刑”：危驾入刑有违刑法谦抑性。     

我国网络舆情管控法律体系的建立健全——以美国为借鉴

网络舆情作为一把双刃剑,给人们工作、生活带来了快捷便利,同时也能产生巨大的负面效应。当前网络舆情衍生出的网络犯罪有恃无恐、网络谣言蛊惑人心、网络色情泛滥成灾、网络欺诈层出不穷。故为维护国家政治安全和社会稳定、保障公民个人权益,我们必须加强对网络舆情的依法管控。但现有网络舆情管控的法律体系在实际管控过程中还存在诸多问题,需要借鉴国外先进的管控经验进一步去健全完善。