Influence of acculturation strategies on the judgement and punishment of an offender of North African descent

Very few studies have examined the influence of the acculturation strategies of an offender of foreign descent on the way a third party judges the personality and action of that offender. The aim of our study was thus to measure the effect of three variables (Seriousness of the harm suffered by the victim; Type of acculturation strategy of the offender; Level of Social Dominance Orientation [SDO]) of the person making the judgement) on the judgements and decisions made by a sample of students faced with a situation of physical aggression committed by a man of North African descent living in France. After reading a scenario describing a criminal act committed by a man of North African descent, who had or had not adopted French culture, 168 French students completed a judgement scale concerning the criminal act and the offender and an SDO scale. The results show that the crime was perceived as less serious when the perpetrator had adopted French culture than when he had not. The perpetrator was also judged less severely. Participants with higher levels of SDO advocated harsher punishment and attributed the crime to the offender’s personality. We discuss these results and identify new avenues for research.     

The Sexual Violence Risk-20: factor structure and psychometric properties

Although the Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20) is widely used, its psychometric properties have only been investigated in a limited number of studies. This study explored the factor structure of the SVR-20 and examined its psychometric properties. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the fit of the original three-domain model of the SVR-20. The CFA showed that the original structure was not satisfactory. Exploratory principal components analysis (PCA) was conducted in search of a more optimal factor structure. Psychometric properties (i.e., internal consistency, predictive value, and convergent validity) of both the original domains and alternative factors were investigated. The PCA and subsequent CFAs pointed in the direction of an alternative, more optimal three-factor solution. The three alternative factors were labeled as Antisociality, Sexual deviance, and Problematic thinking and produced better internal consistency coefficients than the original domains. However, the validity of the SVR-20 was modest and no evidence was found indicating that the alternative factors were better in this regard as compared to the original domains. Despite the overall superiority of actuarial measures in predicting recidivism, the structured professional judgment of the SVR-20 proved to be more predictive of sexual, violent, and general recidivism than its actuarial scoring method.     

法治视野下的警察执法违法行为规制

近年来,新闻媒体不断披露的有关公安机关或人民警察违法犯罪案件,引起人们对公安机关及人民警察的极大关注。不仅对警民关系的健康发展造成影响,而且带来“法律信仰”危机。“执法者违法”现象的形成固然有执法者自身素质不高等原因,但其根源在于我国现有警察制度自身的缺陷。通过分析我国警察制度的现状,从制度层面上分析“执法者违法”现象的产生原因,探析现有警察制度存在的不足,进而提出制度改革的若干意见。     

编造并传播证券交易虚假信息罪争议研究

我国学界目前对编造并传播证券交易虚假信息罪的客观要件、主观要件、罪数界限在认识上存在较大的分歧,经逐一比较分析,方可得出合理结论。     

新生代农民工培训供给需求与培训意愿综合关系实证研究——对深圳新生代农民工教育培训的调查

新生代农民工已经成为中国农民工的主体,他们的劳动素质不仅关系到其自身的就业机会和收入水平,也会影响到中国的整体素质和国家竞争力.因此,如何通过教育培训提高新生代农民工的素质和融入城市的能力是现实必须解决的问题.     

性别因素对企业年金替代率影响的实证分析

当前我国企业年金制度设计中没有充分考虑性别因素,导致男女职工的企业年金替代率存在较大差异,退休女性职工的企业年金养老金收入明显少于男性,加剧了性别不公平.延长女性职工退休年龄与提高女性职工缴费率等措施能够有效缩小企业年金替代率的性别差异,弥补企业年金制度的设计缺陷.     

金黄色葡萄球菌黏附素FnBPB-ClFA共表达质粒的构建与原核表达

采用PCR方法对编码金黄色葡萄球菌纤黏蛋白B的D区和纤黏蛋白原凝集素A的A区基因片段进行了特异性扩增,并通过重叠延伸PCR扩增了FnBPB-ClFA串联基因,构建了克隆质粒pMD19-FnB-PB-ClFA。将该基因片段定向插入到原核表达载体pET-32a(+)中,构建了表达质粒pET-FnBPB-ClFA,并将其转入宿主菌BL21(DE3)。SDS-PAGE分析表明,在1mmol/L IPTG诱导下,在51ku处出现了与目的蛋白一致的外源蛋白带。Western-blot分析表明,所表达的蛋白与目的蛋白一致。上述结果表明,该融合基因在原核细胞中成功表达。     

General and maladaptive traits and anger in a combined forensic psychiatric and general population sample

The present study examines the associations between anger and general and maladaptive traits in a combined forensic psychiatric and community sample of men. Thirty-four male forensic psychiatric patients and 219 men from the general population completed the Novaco Anger Scale (NAS; Novaco, 1994), the NEO-PI-R (Costa & McCrae, 1992), the ADP-IV (Schotte & De Doncker, 1994) and the VKP (Duijsens, Haringsma, & EurelingsBontekoe, 1999) at two measurement occasions with a one-year interval. The results of a series of multiple regression analyses showed that general and maladaptive traits accounted for a substantial amount of variance in anger scores. Neuroticism, Agreeableness and Externalizing traits were most prominent in the prediction of anger, while Conscientiousness was acting as a suppressor variable in the regression models. Strengths and limitations of the present study and implications for further research and clinical practice are discussed.     

论不当得利冲突规范中的“发生地法主义”

单纯的不当得利发生地法主义,即以不当得利发生地为唯一空间连结因素的双边冲突规范,就立法沿革而言,只是个过时的立法主流;就立法模式而言,此项立法主义属传统冲突规范范畴,故带有传统规范自身无法克服的僵硬封闭之缺陷,需要借助共同属人法、法院地法、原因关系准据法来软化;而就其内涵而言,“不当得利发生地”这样的表达不够准确,其指向的连结点可以是损害发生地、利益获得地和原因事实发生地,而原因事实发生地最为合理。不当得利冲突规则至今在我国尚属立法空白,因此厘清不当得利发生地之内涵,并软化该连结点后,此项主义可为我国立法所用。     

东北亚大国关系中第三方因素及地区安全共同治理

中日关系经济上的合作依存度与政治上的纷争摩擦常态化这一结构性的矛盾日趋显现.从更深层次上探究中日政治经济所处的这种分裂状态根源,从本质上讲背后蕴涵着东北亚大国关系中的域外因素:即美国的第三方因素,其对东北亚的和平稳定发挥着特殊作用.东北亚大国在地区的竞争摩擦时常较为突出,但中美日在东亚地区还是蕴涵着许多重大的共同利益.东北亚传统的"管制型"安全模式需向大国共同"治理型"模式转变趋向,意味着大国区域安全治理的权利、利益、责任的平等与分享,地区安全治理是在大国协作框架下的共同治理,应注重大国在地区安全事务中的关键作用.