All the Fun of the Fair

someone shoved me in the back while I was trying to figure out what exactly was being cooked in the huge vat of boiling oil.Scorpions,fried to acrisp on long skewers     

A META-ANALYSIS OF THE PREDICTORS OF ADULT OFFENDER RECIDIVISM: WHAT WORKS!*

Meta-analytic techniques were used to determine which predictor domains and actuarial assessment instruments were the best predictors of adult offender recidivism. One hundred and thirty-one studies produced 1,141 correlations with recidivism. The strongest predictor domains were criminogenic needs, criminal history/history of antisocial behavior, social achievement, age/gender/race, and family factors. Less robust predictors included intellectual functioning, personal distress factors, and socioeconomic status in the family of origin. Dynamic predictor domains performed at least as well as the static domains. The LSI-R was identified as the most useful actuarial measure. Recommendations for developing sound assessment practices in corrections are provided.     

You're Damaging Our Image

"Hey man, how are you doing?"I looked around to see three fashionably dressed African guys approaching me, wearing broad grins and looking for all intents and purposes to be finalists in a Mr. Friendly 2010 contest.     

Land and Labour among the Mende

The point of departure in all programmes must, to a large extent,be the kind of society evolved by the local population. Thewriter, who is now Lecturer in Anthropology at the London Schoolof Economics, spent a year in Sierra Leone in 1945–6 underthe auspices of the Colonical Social Science Research Council,when William Wyse Student of Trinity College, Cambridge.     

A Super Computer For a Super City

<正>It’s a gigantic construction site that stretches beyond the horizon. Blue and red heavy-duty trucks in endless lines trundle about beneath a gaggle of cranes hoisting steel. And all the while enormous ultramodern buildings,bearing the names of the largest local and international companies,rise from the earth.     

The visibility of agricultural subsidies and market illusions in the Common Agricultural Policy: Some evidence from farmers' views in Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom

Abstract.   This article demonstrates that the design and nature of agricultural support schemes has an influence on farmers' perception of their level of dependence on agricultural support. While direct aid payments inform farmers about the extent to which they are subsidised, indirect support mechanisms veil the level of subsidisation, and therefore they are not fully aware of the extent to which they are supported. To test this hypothesis, we applied data from a survey of 4,500 farmers in three countries: the United Kingdom, Germany and Portugal. It is demonstrated that indirect support, such as that provided through artificially high consumer prices, gives an illusion of free and competitive markets among farmers. This 'visibility' hypothesis is evaluated against an alternative hypothesis that assumes farmers have complete, or at least a fairly comprehensive level of, information on agricultural support schemes. Our findings show that this alternative hypothesis can be ruled out.     

May Day the Expo Way

The long queue wound its way for ward like a python.It was hot Umbrellas provided a continuous cover of shade against the blazing Shanghai sun.Ahead lay the entrance to the hand-weaved wicker basket-shaped Spain