The article by Michael S. Krelstein, MD, which presents the results of a nationwide survey examining the role of mental health professionals in the inmate disciplinary process, is a significant contribution to the correctional mental health literature. Dr. Krelstein succinctly summarizes the case law that has provided the framework for the prison disciplinary process. The Supreme Court’s curren...

All of us who focus on China’s progress, problems and prospects with respect to human rights and the rule of law are grateful for this Commission’s continuing interest and cooperation. Hearings such as today’s and publications such as your just-released 2006 Annual Report, which offers a comprehensive, balanced and accurate account of recent developments, stimulate interest and spread knowledge...

. . . despite all the talk and activity in this ®eld since the early 1990's, the basic argument and message of con ̄ict prevention still has not `stuck' in many critical policy quarters and levels of decision making. The quantity of policy doctrine, designated of®cials and of®ces, routinised decision procedures, public hearings, policy papers, political debates, appropriations, non-governmental ...

The Scientific Working Group for Firearm and Toolmarks (SWGGUN) developed the Admissibility Resource Kit (ARK) in 2005 to assist forensic firearm and tool mark examiners in the preparation for evidence admissibility hearings. When the SWGGUN was defunded in 2013, the AFTE Board of Directors and the past SWGGUN members decided to republish and maintain the ARK on the AFTE website. The ARK contai...

Dr. Milstein is the chief physician at Mercer Health and Benefits and medical director of the Pacific Business Group on Health — both in San Francisco. Dr. Smith is the president and chief executive officer of the California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland, CA. Wachter RM. The “dis-location” of U.S. medicine — the implications of medical outsourcing. N Engl J Med 2006;354:661-5. The globalizatio...

The Clinton Administration has initiated reforms in industrial relations to assure current and future economic competitiveness. Toward this goal, the Commission on the Future of Worker Management Relations (the Dunlop Commission) was called to order. This paper draws from these transcripts on workplace cooperation and explores the claims and policy assertions elaborated by each side. I conclude...

Government information system failures are filling not only newspapers but also parliamentary and administrative reports. This article deals with a case in which information and communication technologies (ICT)–related failure claimed by the media influenced the parliamentary agenda, and intra-governmental relations. Drawing on a narrative analysis of a Dutch parliamentary commission’s hearings...