A Note on Optimal Law Enforcement under Asymmetric Information

We show that the probability of apprehension and punishment is usually reduced in a framework with asymmetric information, leading to more offenses being committed. A positive correlation between crime and asymmetry of information in the enforcement process is established. Some suggestions concerning the efficiency of private versus public enforcement are drawn.     

The Frontiers of Legal Analysis: Reframing the Transition in Northern Ireland

British constitutional legal discourse is structurally limited in its capacity to capture the complexity of the Good Friday Agreement. Rather than assessing the Agreement in narrow devolutionary terms, it should be seen as a hybrid domestic and international law instrument, making an important contribution to accepted international law norms in relation to self-determination. The Agreement transforms and partly transcends the Northern Ireland conflict by substituting political contestation for violent conflict, and by defining the modalities of conducting that contestation. This analysis complements classical international law perspectives, and opens up the application of legal discourses associated with 'transitional justice' to the legal and political transformation in Northern Ireland. These discourses focus on the problem of reconciling the demands of peace with the imperatives of justice. The Agreement sits squarely in this terrain with its provisions on 'dealing with the past' and 'institutional legacies'. The insights gained here challenge orthodox thinking about conflict-management and the ongoing political process.     

青少年网络犯罪成因及防控

21世纪是一个高度信息化的时代,绚丽多彩的网络世界就像“潘多拉的盒子”,给人类带来种种便利和享受的同时,也导致了日益增多的网络犯罪。而在庞大的网民群体中,青少年占很大比重,因此青少年网络犯罪成为一个亟待解决的问题。分析青少年网络犯罪的成因,制定积极有效的防控措施,对青少年的成长和社会安定具有十分重要的意义。     

对一体化联合作战问题的几点认识

一体化联合作战,是以信息化为本质和核心的新军事变革的产物,是联合作战发展的历史必然。准确把握一体化联合作战的基础、核心和关键点,对于深入探索一体化联合作战的特点规律具有重要意义。     

The development of care technology under liability law

It is well known that strict liability and negligence induce pareto optimal care in a most restrictive model of unilateral accidents. The paper at hand extends this traditional theorem from its static context to an intertemporal setting where tort law induces progress in care technology. This model provides a methodological framework for a general analysis of the dynamic incentives generated by alternative liability rules. One of the many possible extensions of the basic model is to allow for incomplete information. Particularly, we drop the assumption that the authority setting the due care standard under negligence is able to assess technical progress ex ante. It is shown that the dynamic incentives of the negligence rule are distorted compared to strict liability in this modified framework.     

论史志编修工作的立法问题

目前 ,史志编修工作中存在不少问题 ,究其根源 ,大都与缺乏法律的规范有直接的关系。因此 ,史志编修工作立法已经刻不容缓。     

上市公司会计信息规范探究

随着我国证券市场的不断发展,人们越来越多依赖上市公司所提供的会计信息而作出投资决策和操作动作。因此,为了公平调整各利益相关者的利益分配,维护正常社会经济秩序,就需要对会计行为及其产生的会计信息进行规范,以保证证券市场的健康发展。文章从我国上市公司会计信息所存问题着眼,探究造成其不规范的具体根源,并且提供一些相应得治理对策。     

浅谈远程活体指纹信息登记查询工作站

远程活体指纹信息登记查询工作站是指纹自动识别网络系统的一个重要组成部分,连接着各级远程指纹工作站和违法犯罪人员的信息系统,是集信息采集、数据共享、远程传输和查询比对等多功能一体化的一种网络产品。使用该工作站可以大大提高基层公安机关采集指纹信息工作效率。     

浅析破坏生产经营罪

破坏生产经营罪本身的构成要件含糊不明,加之为顺应我国经济体制的变化,使法律适应客观形式的发展,1997年刑法将破坏集体生产罪修改为破坏生产经营罪,并对之进行体系结构归属调整。但也为此使刑法学者对破坏生产经营罪产生诸多争议。如此罪侵犯的客体是单一客体,还是复杂客体。特别是此罪容易与其他相关犯罪混淆,给司法实践带来不便。通过重新界定生产经营的内涵、犯罪的目的等,对其进行合理的限制解释,并将其与一些极易混淆的犯罪加以比较,进一步明确此罪。     

DOES CRIME JUST MOVE AROUND THE CORNER? A CONTROLLED STUDY OF SPATIAL DISPLACEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF CRIME CONTROL BENEFITS*

Recent studies point to the potential theoretical and practical benefits of focusing police resources on crime hot spots. However, many scholars have noted that such approaches risk displacing crime or disorder to other places where programs are not in place. Although much attention has been paid to the idea of displacement, methodological problems associated with measuring it have often been overlooked. We try to fill these gaps in measurement and understanding of displacement and the related phenomenon of diffusion of crime control benefits. Our main focus is on immediate spatial displacement or diffusion of crime to areas near the targeted sites of an intervention. Do focused crime prevention efforts at places simply result in a movement of offenders to areas nearby targeted sites—“do they simply move crime around the corner”? Or, conversely, will a crime prevention effort focusing on specific places lead to improvement in areas nearby—what has come to be termed a diffusion of crime control benefits? Our data are drawn from a controlled study of displacement and diffusion in Jersey City, New Jersey. Two sites with substantial street‐level crime and disorder were targeted and carefully monitored during an experimental period. Two neighboring areas were selected as “catchment areas” from which to assess immediate spatial displacement or diffusion. Intensive police interventions were applied to each target site but not to the catchment areas. More than 6,000 20‐minute social observations were conducted in the target and catchment areas. They were supplemented by interviews and ethnographic field observations. Our findings indicate that, at least for crime markets involving drugs and prostitution, crime does not simply move around the corner. Indeed, this study supports the position that the most likely outcome of such focused crime prevention efforts is a diffusion of crime control benefits to nearby areas.