Undercounts in Offender Data and Closing the Gap Between Indigenous and Other Australians

Closing the gaps between Indigenous and other Australian outcomes is a central concern of contemporary policy. The Re‐Offending Database (ROD), which has been collated by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), offers a unique opportunity to analyse data quality issues in an important source of administrative data for Indigenous people. This paper provides several independent estimates of the population of Indigenous offenders by estimating the number of people with unknown Indigenous status who are likely to be identified as Indigenous in other circumstances. The main finding is that the Indigenous population of offenders is substantially undercounted in administrative data collections. The failure to account for this will understate Indigenous disadvantage or the ‘gap’ between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous outcomes.     

青海省旅游市场营销策略初探——以海晏县为例

从国内外旅游市场的特点出发,制定符合本地区旅游产品特点的营销策略,变区位劣势为区位优势,打破青海旅游产品营销的瓶颈,是促进青海旅游业快速、持续发展的主要途径。     

Poverty,social disadvantage,and the black/white placement gap

In this paper, we examine whether county-level measures of poverty and social disadvantage are correlated with county-level variation in the black/white foster care placement gap. The black/white placement gap refers to the fact that when the rate of placement into foster care for black children is compared to the rate for white children living in the same area, the black placement rate is almost always higher than the rate for whites. Although differential exposure to poverty is often used to explain why the placement gap is so large, the problem has rarely been studied. Using Poisson event count models, we find that poverty, measured at the county ecological level, is associated with a narrower gap rather than a wider gap. The counterintuitive finding is due to the fact that the relationship between poverty and placement rates depends on race.     

期刊人物报道故事化探析

党刊在刊物分类上属于工作指导类期刊。针对党刊严肃有余,亲切不足,读者不爱看甚至不看,使党刊市场受到冲击,思想教育功能得不到充分发挥的现状,从党刊人物报道故事化的重要意义、实现途径和注意问题入手加以阐释,提出了改变党刊呆板印象、增强党刊文章可读性等人物报道故事化的措施。     

论发展中国家现代化进程中的难题与误区

发展中国家现代化进程中面临的难题与误区有两大部分,一部分是包括发展中国家在内的所有国家都会遇到;另一部分只出现在现代化的后来者,即发展中国家身上。难题与误区在所有的发展中国家的现代化进程中都有出现的可能,但具体表现与出现的时间、阶段、严重程度及影响不尽相同。只要发展中国家能做到不指望西方发达国家开出的现成药方,认真对待、深入研究本国的现代化,相互间团结协作,就有可能把难题与误区造成的代价降到可以承受的限度内。     

英语专业在校大专生参加本科自考利弊研究

对娄底师专英语系三届 4 95位在校学生的调查显示 ,大专生参加本科自考有利于学生综合素质的培养 ,自学能力的培养 ,以及良好的学习习惯的养成。所存在的问题也在启示我们必须根据英语专业的特点 ,加大助学力度 ,本科自考应与素质教育相吻合     

Slippery discrimination: a review of the drivers of migrant and minority housing disadvantage

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to identify housing disadvantages faced by migrants and ethnic minorities; the legal, policy and market forces that shape them; how they have developed over time; how they are manifest nationally and locally; and how they are being responded to locally by those concerned with mitigating them. The paper thereby intends to provide a foundation to inform future research and policy and to engage with local actors to develop ways of overcoming migrant housing disadvantage and challenging discrimination. The paper finds that the interplay of legal changes, which have increasingly differentiated migrants since the 1940s, and shifting housing markets, has driven exclusion of migrants and minorities such that considerable disadvantage is revealed by analysis of census data. However, attention to local specificity provides evidence of positive responses. Examples are presented in relation to access to affordable housing, enactment of homelessness duties and community actions. Methodologically, this paper highlights the importance of simultaneous consideration of migration and ethnicity as markers of difference and exclusion, and the potential of co-production approaches for socially meaningful research concerned with inequalities.     

“惩罚”不宜视为精神损害赔偿的主要功能

对精神损害赔偿主要功能的认识是我国精神损害赔偿制度的"观念瓶颈".当前将惩罚作为精神损害赔偿主要功能的主流学说是值得商榷的.精神损害赔偿的主要功能是补偿而不是惩罚,只不过兼具"惩罚性"而已.     

‘The domino effect’: pathways in and out of homelessness for autistic adults

Autistic adults may be at increased risk of homelessness due to the association between autism spectrum disorders and poor socio-economic outcomes. In particular, social vulnerability, unemployment, and difficulty interacting with services can be catalysts for homelessness, compounded by lack of diagnosis and appropriate support. This article presents the narratives of two autistic adults, known as ‘Max’ and ‘Peter’, who had experienced homelessness. They explain the factors which led them to become homeless and those that aided their rehabilitation. The article argues that whilst Max and Peter were susceptible to the socio-economic disadvantages which affect adults with autism in various ways, the resilience and determination displayed in their narratives countered traditional stereotypes of resistance to change. Furthermore, it is suggested that homelessness is not an outcome of autism, but of the disabling barriers autistic adults face throughout their lives.