Breakdown of care: the case of Danish teenage placements

This article analyses the breakdown of teenage placements in Denmark from survey data on 227 teenagers placed in care during 2004. We explore frequencies of breakdown, time of breakdown occurrence and factors possibly causing breakdown. These are factors related to (i) the teenager, (ii) the parents, (iii) the care environment and (iv) the casework process. Results show that 26 per cent of the teenagers in the study experienced placement breakdown. Thirty per cent of these breakdowns occurred within the first 4 months of placement. A factor significantly increasing probability of breakdown was emotional problems of the teenager. A factor significantly reducing placement breakdown was the teenager having continuity with the same caseworker throughout the placement. System- and policy-related factors also proved to have an influence on breakdown rates. We discuss possible policy implications of these findings.     

Child custody issues and co‐occurrence of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: controversies and points of agreement amongst practitioners

The situation of families undergoing separation in a context of co‐occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment raises certain issues related to child custody. The results presented in this paper were collected and analysed within the framework of a qualitative study aiming to identify the principal points of agreement and the main controversies amongst practitioners in several different types of organizations. Focus groups were held with a total of 43 practitioners from six different settings concerned with child custody in cases of co‐occurrence of IPV and child maltreatment. Although they agreed on the importance of ensuring the safety of victims of violence, their views diverged on three points: (1) the importance of preserving the father–child relationship; (2) collaboration between voluntary organizations and semi‐voluntary or legal agencies; and (3) consideration of cultural differences.     

Professional Responses to Government-Endorsed Premarital Counseling

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary findings about the manner in which public policies that promote premarital counseling impact professionals who conduct premarital counseling. The purpose of this paper is to describe findings from a survey of premarital counseling providers in a state in which the government endorses premarital counseling. A total of 194 premarital counseling providers described their responses to their state government's endorsement of premarital counseling. Results indicated that a majority of providers held a favorable opinion of this policy, although a number of providers held either unfavorable opinions of the policy or were uncertain about the policy's effectiveness. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.     

政策包问题初探

探讨了政策包应用的原则和组织实施等问题，提出了一些建设性的意见和对策。     

Building capacity for urban management in Ghana: some critical considerations

Severe capacity gaps continue to constrain effective urban management in Ghana, despite numerous donor-supported training programmes. This paper examines the nature of these capacity gaps and analyses specifically the factors contributing to the low attraction and retention of local government staff: politicisation of the bureaucracy, excessive use of external experts, excessive state intervention in skill development and low remuneration of local government staff. Against this background, the paper reviews critically a recent capacity building initiative: the establishment of the (new) Institute of Local Government Studies in Accra. Suggestions to improve capacity building for urban management in Ghana are offered. These include the need to prepare a coherent strategy to guide and co-ordinate stakeholder inputs in capacity building; to place training in the context of institutional development; and encourage the development and use of local expertise in donor assisted projects; and, promote merit-based remuneration of local government staff.     

国外农地保护的政策措施探析

随着经济社会的发展和人口的增加，耕地仍呈现减少的趋势，制定合理的农地保护政策变得越来越重要。文章介绍了几个西方农业现代化的国家农地保护的政策措施主要形式和成功经验，并分析了其对我国农地保护的政策措施启示。     

论财政政策与货币政策的联动性

财政政策的变动必然会对货币政策产生重要的影响。由于削减预算赤字将给长期经济增长带来好处的观点已为多数经济学家所认可,因此,可以通过分析以削减政府预算赤字为核心财政管理,来研究财政政策与货币政策的联动性。财政政策的变化会通过三种途径直接影响中央银行实现物价稳定目标的能力,因此,如果预算赤字逐步减少,货币政策也应逐步调整,而不是立刻进行大幅度的调整。     

提高民办学校教学质量的若干思考

教学质量的优劣,是民办学校兴教师队伍建设,改善办学条件,规范教学管理制度,严格教学质量评估.     

Is regression adjustment supported by the Neyman model for causal inference?

This paper examines both theoretically and empirically whether the common practice of using OLS multivariate regression models to estimate average treatment effects (ATEs) under experimental designs is justified by the Neyman model for causal inference. Using data from eight large U.S. social policy experiments, the paper finds that estimated standard errors and significance levels for ATE estimators are similar under the OLS and Neyman models when baseline covariates are included in the models, even though theory suggests that this may not have been the case. This occurs primarily because treatment effects do not appear to vary substantially across study subjects.     

罗马对意大利半岛的征服及统治政策

公元前 6世纪初 ,罗马只不过是意大利半岛台伯河畔一个占地不足 50平方英里的年轻共和国[1] 。到公元前 3世纪中叶竟发展成为号令意大利半岛 (除波河流域外 )的霸主。短短的几百年间 ,罗马的势力迅猛膨胀 ,对意大利半岛进行了全面地征服。面对征服后各地区所出现的新形势 ,罗马统治者不断地调整统治政策 ,使意大利半岛成为罗马向地中海区域进行更大规模扩张的稳固根据地。换言之 ,罗马对意大利半岛的征服 ,为罗马实现在地中海区域建立庞大帝国的美梦提供了先决条件。因而 ,探讨罗马对意大利半岛的征服及其统治政策 ,对深入了解罗马帝国的扩张史及其称霸地中海区域后所实施的统治政策有重要意义。