Criminal justice outcomes of prosecution of child sexual abuse: A case flow analysis

This study examined the progress and disposition of child sexual abuse cases referred for prosecution in four urban jurisdictions. Most cases were accepted for prosecution. The vast majority of cases carried forward for prosecution resulted in guilty pleas. Only 9% of the total sample went to trial. A majority of the small number that went to trial were convicted. Over 3/4 of those convicted were incarcerated. The rate at which cases were carried forward for prosecution and convicted was comparable to that of a national sample of felony arrests overall, but child sexual abuse cases were more likely to go to trial (p < .005) and received more severe sentences (p < .005). Our results are strikingly consistent with those from previous studies of prosecution of child sexual abuse. A new understanding of prosecution of child sexual abuse is recommended that takes into account the large proportion of cases that do not go to trial.     

论托妮·莫里森小说中父权文化的消解

美国当代黑人女作家托妮·莫里森一直致力于以她的小说文本消解父权文化。这不仅体现在莫里森的单部作品之中,而且纵向地呈现在她的诸多小说中。通过对莫里森小说文本的历时梳理,指出其消解父权文化的系列过程：揭示父权文化的危害、挑战父权文化男权中心思想以及摈弃父权文化的性别歧视思想。     

Sexual Health Education in Massage Therapy Programs: A Survey of Program Directors

Massage therapy program directors completed an online survey to explore sexual education in massage therapy programs. The overall data suggest that program directors are supportive of sexual health education in the training of massage therapists and that such education is integrated into several aspects of their training programs. To enhance sexual health education, massage therapy programs could collaborate with specialists in sex therapy or sexuality education. Massage therapy training may need to include the following topics: working with clients who have been sexually abused, working with transsexual clients, understanding sexual arousal processes, and understanding dynamics between men and women.     

A case of IgA multiple myeloma: Nutritional perspective in diagnostic testing

A 64-year-old security guard and longstanding known hypertensive presented with hypertensive heart disease (HHD), weight loss, an enlarged prostate, and a spontaneously fractured rib. Malignancy of the prostate with possible metastases to the ribs was strongly suspected. Biochemical profiling revealed a paraprotein. Other biochemical and hematological correlates that were on hand before serum protein electrophoresis were rather atypical. Paraprotein studies by immunofixation revealed IgA myelomatosis. Unlike previous reports from Caucasians there was normocalcaemia, normal protein level, microcytic hypochromia, low MCHC, cholesterol level at the lower limit of the reference range and normal urea level (in the face of markedly raised creatinine level). Nutritional modulation of the classical laboratory features of this disease may account for the fairly atypical laboratory picture. The need to appreciate the influence of nutritional status on the laboratory (especially biochemical) features of a disease and thus interpretation of diagnostic tests appears of exceptional current importance, given the widening gap in socioeconomic status and the level of poverty between the resource poor and developed countries from which the classical, clinical and laboratory features of most diseases were first described. This case report reminds of the need not only to recognize theoretically the impact of nutritional status on the laboratory characteristics of a disease but of the practical application of the nutritional perspective in the interpretation of diagnostic investigations, especially in nutritionally disadvantaged communities.     

A hybrid generative/discriminative approach to text classification with additional information

This paper presents a classifier for text data samples consisting of main text and additional components, such as Web pages and technical papers. We focus on multiclass and single-labeled text classification problems and design the classifier based on a hybrid composed of probabilistic generative and discriminative approaches. Our formulation considers individual component generative models and constructs the classifier by combining these trained models based on the maximum entropy principle. We use naive Bayes models as the component generative models for the main text and additional components such as titles, links, and authors, so that we can apply our formulation to document and Web page classification problems. Our experimental results for four test collections confirmed that our hybrid approach effectively combined main text and additional components and thus improved classification performance.     

论《红字》与《荆棘鸟》中荒野的意象

19世纪纳撒尼尔.霍桑的名著《红字》与20世纪考琳.麦卡洛的畅销小说《荆棘鸟》描写的都是"知其不可为而为之"的爱情,那欲爱而不得的爱情都是在荒野中产生的。荒野不仅是罪恶与危险的渊薮,也是爱欲的伊甸园,那里绽开着文明之花。受到宗教禁锢的主人公海丝特和梅吉在荒野中思索而奋起反抗,并由她们的女儿实现荒野中的梦想。她们的女儿珠儿和朱丝婷是两位作家在现实世界的荒野中的希望之光。     

A structured forensic interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: a review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

OBJECTIVE: To show how the results of research on children's memory, communicative skills, social knowledge, and social tendencies can be translated into guidelines that improve the quality of forensic interviews of children. METHOD: We review studies designed to evaluate children's capacities as witnesses, explain the development of the structured NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol, and discuss studies designed to assess whether use of the Protocol enhances the quality of investigative interviews. RESULTS: Controlled studies have repeatedly shown that the quality of interviewing reliably and dramatically improves when interviewers employ the NICHD Protocol. No other technique has been proven to be similarly effective. CONCLUSIONS: Use of the structured NICHD Protocol improves the quality of information obtained from alleged victims by investigators, thereby increasing the likelihood that interventions will be appropriate.     

语言社会学视阈下的性别歧视

语言性别歧视在现实中大量存在,它固化性别歧视观念,构建女性思维模式,束缚女性自身发展,也不利于两性关系和社会和谐发展。语言性别歧视并非能随社会的发展而自然消失,我们必须构建非性别歧视文化氛围,修改性别歧视语言。     

中国大学生近十年性心理比较研究

采用自编的大学生性文化调查问卷,于2000年调查了全国26所大学的5070名大学生,于2010年调查了全国53所大学的7829名大学生,对两次调查得出的结果进行分析研究,以了解近10年我国大学生性心理的变化趋势,并为高校开展性心理教育提供理论依据。结果显示：大学生异性化倾向较十年前有所改善;有过性幻想和性梦的大学生都较...     

透视内心的隔膜——评舍伍德·安德森的《小镇畸人》

人与人之间的沟通障碍和＂人的异化＂是《小镇畸人》表现的主题,也是20世纪现代文学的重要主题。《小镇畸人》里的＂畸人＂们生活在美国从农业社会向工业社会巨大转变的时期,在这样的背景下,人们丧失了集体身份,在传统清教思想影响下对性的过度压抑,以及人们意识形态的内化导致了人与人之间的不可交流和＂人的异化＂。