Coming to terms with inequality and exploitation in an African state: researching disability in Sierra Leone

In this article, I describe how during my anthropological research in post‐conflict Sierra Leone with a disabled community, I was confronted by experiences of inequality and exploitation. Many disabled people had previous disabling contact with other researchers, organisations and journalists. Others described difficulties surviving the disabling socio‐economic conditions and were not viewed as ‘development’ partners, despite the fact that their images and stories had played a big role in the rebuilding and ‘healing’ of the Sierra Leonean nation state. I ask whether we as researchers and an international community are still not colluding with structures and institutions that exploit disabled people in post‐conflict and post‐disaster countries.     

Kids Talking About Race: Tween‐agers in a Post‐Civil Rights Era

Our research examines how American children understand and talk about how race matters in their everyday lives. We draw on interviews with 44 middle school children who attend schools in an integrated county‐wide system and find that while some use color‐blind rhetoric, most children in our study know that race matters, while they offer alternative accounts for why and how. Some explain race as social inequality, while others offer cultural accounts of racial differences. Our analysis suggests that for white children, gender matters; more girls describe racial inequality than boys. For children of color, class seems to be key, with middle‐class children giving cultural explanations, including negative evaluations of others in their own racial group. We use an intersectionality framework to analyze the alternative and complex narratives children give for their own experiences of race and race relations between peers.     

科学开发海岛资源拓展蓝色经济发展空间

海岛是兼具政治权益、资源经济、国防军事和生态环境等多位一体功能的重要海上疆土,战略价值十分突出。海岛资源开发利用和保护是海洋经济发展的重要方面,可以有效拓展我国蓝色经济发展空间。当前,我国海岛资源开发和管理中还存在众多亟待解决的问题,其深层次原因主要集中在思想认识因素、综合国力因素、人口资源因素、经济利益因素四个方面。科学开发海岛资源,发展海岛经济要从法制政策、基础设施、信息数据、生态环境和信贷资金五个方面进行重点保障,优化升级海岛传统产业,发展海岛循环经济,打造海洋高新技术产业和深海经济发展基地。     

浅谈黎族传统民间歌舞的价值与旅游开发利用

在现代化建设的背景下,黎族民间仍然散落和隐藏着形式多样的民间歌舞。黎族传统民间歌舞既具有鲜明的艺术价值,又具有很高的旅游开发价值。在海南建设国际旅游岛的今天,开发利用黎族传统民间歌舞已成为建设国际旅游岛的客观要求。为了充分地开发利用黎族传统民间歌舞,务必深入广泛地挖掘整理黎族传统民间歌舞资源,以备旅游业发展之用;必须在三亚市及各民族市县建造黎族民间歌舞开发利用发展基地,科学地开发利用黎族民间歌舞资源和民间文化原素,创编优美的黎族歌舞文艺节目。     

缅甸石油天然气产业发展与外资对缅甸油气资源的开发

随着世界能源消耗量的日益增加,缅甸丰富的油气资源吸引了各国的关注,加上其特殊的地理位置,亚太地区主要国家都在围绕缅甸能源展开激烈的博弈。当前,缅甸新政府实施了一系列引资新政策,鼓励外国企业在缅甸投资发展,缅甸能源开发有加速的趋势。     

Elder Abuse Research: A Systematic Review

The purpose of this research was to provide a systematic review of, and assign an evidence grade to, the research articles on elder abuse. Sixteen health care and criminal justice literature databases were searched. Publications were reviewed by at least two independent readers who graded each from A (evidence of well-designed meta-analysis) to D (evidence from expert opinion or multiple case reports) on the quality of the evidence gained from the research. Of 6,676 titles identified in the search, 1,700 publications met inclusion criteria; omitting duplicates, 590 publications were annotated and graded.     

Correlates of Susceptibility to Scams in Older Adults Without Dementia

This study examined correlates of susceptibility to scams in 639 community-dwelling older adults without dementia from a cohort study of aging. Regression models adjusted for age, sex, education, and income were used to examine associations between susceptibility to scams, measured by a five-item self-report measure, and a number of potential correlates. Susceptibility was positively associated with age and negatively associated with income, cognition, psychological well-being, social support, and literacy. Fully adjusted models indicated that older age and lower levels of cognitive function, decreased psychological well-being, and lower literacy in particular may be markers of susceptibility to financial victimization in old age.     

The Lichtenberg Financial Decision Screening Scale (LFDSS): A new tool for assessing financial decision making and preventing financial exploitation

ABSTRACT

One of the challenges in preventing the financial exploitation of older adults is that neither criminal justice nor noncriminal justice professionals are equipped to detect capacity deficits. Because decision-making capacity is a cornerstone assessment in cases of financial exploitation, effective instruments for measuring this capacity are essential. We introduce a new screening scale for financial decision making that can be administered to older adults. To explore the scale’s implementation and assess construct validity, we conducted a pilot study of 29 older adults seen by APS (Adult Protective Services) workers and 79 seen by other professionals. Case examples are included.     

Exploring the Role of the Internet in Juvenile Prostitution Cases Coming to the Attention of Law Enforcement

This exploratory analysis examines the role of the Internet in juvenile prostitution cases coming to the attention of law enforcement. The National Juvenile Prostitution Study (N-JPS) collected information from a national sample of law enforcement agencies about the characteristics of juvenile prostitution cases. In comparison to non-Internet juvenile prostitution cases, Internet juvenile prostitution cases involved younger juveniles and police were more likely to treat juveniles as victims rather than offenders. In addition, these cases were significantly more likely to involve a family or acquaintance exploiter. This analysis suggests that the role of the Internet may impact legal and social service response to juveniles involved in prostitution. In addition, it highlights the need for interventions that acknowledge the vulnerabilities of youth involved in this type of commercial sexual exploitation.     

Is It Love or Sexual Abuse? Young Adults' Perceptions of Statutory Rape

Adults under age 25 comprise the majority of statutory rape perpetrators, yet we know little about their perceptions of statutory relationships. We assessed 210 (50% male) young adults’ perceptions of statutory rape involving a 15-year-old female adolescent and a male who was either 2, 4, or 6 years older. Across all age gaps, 73.7% of participants felt the relationship should not be a crime. Participants who read about a 4- or 6-year (versus 2-year) age gap perceived the relationship as significantly more of a crime and the older partner as more responsible and in need of legal intervention. Effects were partially mediated by perceptions of the relationship as exploitive. Results suggest a need to educate young adults about statutory rape.