Observer determination of the make,model, and year of questioned vehicles

Often, criminal acts involving a vehicle are caught on digital video surveillance systems. While potentially useful for an investigation, the recording conditions are typically less than optimal for the extraction of key information for the identification of the perpetrator, such as a license plate. Providing the make, model and year of a questioned vehicle is a common request for examiners, to narrow the field of potential suspect vehicles. This study seeks to compare the performance of a nonpeer-reviewed make, model, and year determination between two separate groups, specifically, trained forensic image examiners and nontrained individuals. Results show that even with varied image capture conditions and quality, the trained forensic image examiners more correctly and completely identified the test group of questioned vehicles make, model, and year.     

CSR and social conflict in the Brazilian extractive sector

ABSTRACT

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important means to address conflicts, support local development and build trust between businesses and civil society. Yet CSR often fails to live up to its ambitions and can even exacerbate conflicts between companies and communities. In this article we consider how changing CSR strategies over the past four decades between Brazilian company Vale to Norwegian company Hydro have fomented or mitigated company–community conflicts in Northern Brazil. We find that paternalistic and philanthropic approaches of Vale over time led to deep resentment and mistrust due to underdevelopment and environmental damages. Moreover, while Hydro’s more modern CSR strategies sought to deepen community engagement and build legitimacy, the company has struggled in addressing the legacies inherited from Vale and past and current civil society grievances. The case suggests that even forward-thinking CSR approaches are vulnerable to failure where they prioritise business risk over community engagement, neglect to account for past legacies in areas of operation, and fail to create a shared vision of future development. It suggests that EI companies should both understand and engage with their social and environmental impacts in the past, present, and future and create shared economic benefits in the short and long term in order to address social conflicts.     

消除财富歧视实现共同富裕

全面建设小康社会的内容是多方面的,而共同富裕具有决定性的作用。实现共同富裕要坚持效率优先兼顾公平,要提倡创造性劳动,重视资本的合法性,培养纳税人意识,建设趋向共同富裕的机制。     

大力发展文化创意产业打造山西经济增长新引擎

在全球新一轮的产业结构调整中,文化创意产业正日益显示出其重要性,极大地影响着世界范围的产业空间转移和重新布局,并由此形成新的国际分工体系。因此,抓住机遇,加快文化创意产业的发展,对于促进山西产业结构调整,增强自主创新能力,培育新的经济增长点,具有十分重要的现实意义。     

创造教育研究的新收获--王泓《创造教育与人才培养》一书述评

21世纪是创造的伟大时代,要创造,关键在人才,而人才的培养靠教育.因此,如何开展创造教育,培养创新人才,已成为当代教育界研究的热门课题.王泓新著<创造教育与人才培养>正是这方面研究的新收获、新成果.该书对新世纪创造教育的特点,创造人才的智能结构、创造个性、创造能力、创造思维的培养进行了系统分析,同时联系科学和文学艺术创造,论述了具休的创造过程、思路、方式和技巧.该书的价值在于把创造学与教育学、创造教育与人才培养综合起来进行研究,故在教育理论上是新颖的,在教育实践中亦具有启示和指导意义.     

合作作品含义探析

我国著作权立法对合作作品的定义没有做出正面、明确的规定,导致学说和实践对合作作品的认定存在很大的分歧。应该坚持制度创新,将合作作品认定为“由数位作者付出独创性劳动、并且各自的创作意图和合理期望均指向该部以最终形式表现出来的、同一部完整的共同作品。”     

对《公务员法》的几点思考

新颁布的《中华人民共和国公务员法》有许多创新之处,包括聘任制、竞争上岗、引咎辞职、严格的离职从业限制等,标志着我国公务员管理制度日益完善。但仍然存在不足与缺陷,比如未设定公职人员财产申报制度,奖惩缺乏法定程序,等等。     

性别意识与中国现代女作家的创作追求

现代女性的性别觉醒及其性别重塑,是对女性自我历史命运的一次深刻的性别自救。这种新女性形象的塑造,体现了现代女作家以解构男权性爱霸权,建构女性情爱主体为旨归的创作追求。     

试析数字图像处理在刑侦技术工作中的应用

数字图像处理在刑侦技术工作中的应用是刑事技术领域的一场革命,将计算机数字图像处理技术融入传统的刑侦技术工作中是必然的趋势,它将为现代刑侦工作带来新的发展机遇。文章就数字图像处理技术的概念、主要研究内容、在刑侦技术工作中的优越性及具体应用等作了较为详细的介绍     

论司法警官院校应用型创新人才的培养

司法警官院校承担着为监狱劳教事业输送高素质人才的重要使命。但是,当前司法警官院校的人才培养模式存在着一些弊端,不能适应时代发展对培养具有较强创新精神和实践能力的人才目标的需求。司法警院校应用性创新人才的培养,应当变革教育思想和教育观念,积极稳妥地实施全方位的教学改革。