Labor force participation and juvenile delinquency in Taiwan: a time series analysis

This study examines the null hypothesis of Granger no-causality between labor force participation (LFP) and juvenile delinquency in Taiwan. In order to explore this issue more thoroughly, this study adopts the approach proposed by Toda and Yamamoto (1995, Journal of Econometrics, 66(1–2), 225–250). It uses official time-series data provided by the Government of Taiwan. After estimating both a four- and five-variable VAR system, one that substitutes both male and female LFP rates for the aggregate LFP rate, the primary findings of this study reveal the following: The higher the past juvenile crime rate, the lower the future aggregate and female LFP rate will be. In addition, the higher the past male LFP rate, the higher the future juvenile crime rate will be. These findings are quite robust in terms of different lag-length structures.

实行行为观念之提倡

实行行为是指刑法分则条文类型性规定的具有法益侵害现实危险性的行为,它除具有刑法中行为的一般特征外,还具有规范性和定型性的特征。实行行为是犯罪构成的核心要素,因而本文提倡刑法立法及司法实践应当树立实行行为的观念,即刑罚发动以实行行为为限,没有实行行为就不得动用刑罚。在此观念指导下,我国刑法应当修订犯罪预备行为的处罚原则和范围,设立独立教唆罪,限制刑法中“等”、“其他”等不明确的规定。     

教育领域职务犯罪及权力制约机制的构建

论题对教育领域职务犯罪问题进行了分析研究,认为我国教育领域在监督机制上存在着重大的缺陷——即权力制约的失控,导致了在学校图书教材、设备采购,基建工程和招生录取等方面屡屡出现了贪污贿赂、渎职失职、滥用职权等违法犯罪。论题提出了在教育系统应建立独立监察员制度和独立监察员责任追究制,实行监督机制的改革创新,使我国教育事业向着健康、有序、廉洁、高效的方向发展。     

Risking safety and rights: online sex work,crimes and ‘blended safety repertoires’

It has been well established that those working in the sex industry are at various risks of violence and crime depending on where they sell sex and the environments in which they work. What sociological research has failed to address is how crime and safety have been affected by the dynamic changing nature of sex work given the dominance of the internet and digital technologies, including the development of new markets such as webcamming. This paper reports the most comprehensive findings on the internet‐based sex market in the UK demonstrating types of crimes experienced by internet‐based sex workers and the strategies of risk management that sex workers adopt, building on our article in the British Journal of Sociology in 2007. We present the concept of ‘blended safety repertoires’ to explain how sex workers, particularly independent escorts, are using a range of traditional techniques alongside digitally enabled strategies to keep themselves safe. We contribute a deeper understanding of why sex workers who work indoors rarely report crimes to the police, reflecting the dilemmas experienced. Our findings highlight how legal and policy changes which seek to ban online adult services advertising and sex work related content within online spaces would have direct impact on the safety strategies online sex workers employ and would further undermine their safety. These findings occur in a context where aspects of sex work are quasi‐criminalized through the brothel keeping legislation. We conclude that the legal and policy failure to recognize sex work as a form of employment, contributes to the stigmatization of sex work and prevents individuals working together. Current UK policy disallows a framework for employment laws and health and safety standards to regulate sex work, leaving sex workers in the shadow economy, their safety at risk in a quasi‐legal system. In light of the strong evidence that the internet makes sex work safer, we argue that decriminalisation as a rights based model of regulation is most appropriate.     

The business of writing: literature as a commodity in Claudia Piñeiro’s Betibú

This article presents considerations about the status of literature as a commodity and writers as professionals in the twenty-first century. These considerations are based on an analysis of Argentine writer Claudia Piñeiro’s Betibú (2011), which follows the story of an Argentine crime novel writer who becomes a ghostwriter after her latest novel receives harsh reviews for being considered commercial rather than literary. I argue that the novel in question points out misconceptions about the influence of the book industry on the aesthetic quality of literary writing, highlighting the need for literary criticism to look into everyday relations between readers, authors, and editors.     

Suicide,Religion, and Latinos: A Macrolevel Study of U.S. Latino Suicide Rates

Since the publication of Durkheim's Suicide more than a century ago, researchers have been examining the relationship between religion and suicide, and race/ethnicity and suicide. However, no study has examined how religion influences U.S. Latino suicide rates. This study fills a gap in the literature by applying three competing theses to the study of Latino suicide. Results show that (1) religious contextual variables significantly affect Latino suicide rates, (2) U.S.‐born Latinos benefit from religious communities, regardless of denomination or measurement used, and (3) foreign‐born Latinos only benefit from Catholic adherents and homogeneity.     

河南城镇化进程中的犯罪问题研究

河南省城镇化实施中心城市带动战略,对犯罪形势变化将产生深刻的影响:犯罪率将呈现先升后降最终稳定的态势;流动人口犯罪、青少年犯罪、女性犯罪、职务犯罪等将会激增;各种类型犯罪在短期内都会大量增加;一些社会管理控制相对薄弱的"边缘地带"有可能成为犯罪孳生地。河南省应实行综合治理的犯罪防控战略。     

明清两代的公罪与私罪制度

中国古代将官吏犯罪区分为公罪和私罪,其目的是为了维护吏治的清明。明清两代的律、例、令、会典等条文中就有对公罪和私罪的相应规定。本文从明清两代的公罪与私罪的基本概念、具体规定、实际运行和影响因素四个方面对这一制度进行深入分析,以期对之有更加全面的认识。     

串通投标罪客观要件探析

针对司法实践中理解、适用串通投标罪存在的歧义,探析该罪的客观要件内容,认为该罪的成立应以存在法律意义上的招投标活动为前提,并对该罪的具体行为方式、罪与非罪的标准以及实践认定中的有关问题进行探讨。     

侵犯著作权行为的刑事法分析

侵犯著作权的行为在我国近年有愈演愈烈的趋势,并且产生了一些新的侵权行为。相形之下,现行刑法中的相关规定在打击侵犯著作权行为的实践中渐显滞后。综观我国侵犯著作权立法的历史沿革和现行刑法中有关侵犯著作权罪的犯罪构成,结合司法实践,要从扩展刑法对著作权的保护范围,取消犯罪主观案件中的非法营利目的,侧重于对被害人的实质补偿,修改罚金刑、增强其可操作性,确立对侵犯著作权犯罪以自诉为主、公诉为辅的犯罪追诉模式和充分保护著作权人的权益以及社会公共利益等方面,进一步完善我国侵犯著作权罪的相关规定。