Police Use of Force and Officer Injury: A Closer Examination of the Impact of Taser Deployment and Contextual Factors

Using secondary data from the Henderson Police Department (NV), a study was conducted to explore the contextual relationships of officers, subjects and situational characteristics related to use of force encounters. A series of research questions examine the combinations of contextual factors (i.e., officer demographics, subject demographics, and event-specific characteristics) that are associated with different types of police use of force (e.g., Taser, non-Taser), officer injuries and subject injuries. Univariate analysis, Bivariate analysis and Conjunctive Analysis of Case Configurations examine the data and identify contextual profiles associated with police use of force. The analysis shows that there is variation in the characteristics associated with Taser deployment, officer injuries and subject injuries. The consistent characteristics for the three areas of research (Taser deployment, officer injuries and subject injuries) include white officers who are in the patrol bureau and impaired subjects. The results have implications for police executives and human resource directors regarding the development of mitigating policies, practices and training protocols for officers using force

Usporedba kvaliteta otpadnih muljeva s uređaja za pročišćavanje otpadnih voda

Izgradnja uređaja za pročišćavanje otpadnih voda (UPOV) za sobom povlači nastanak značajnih količina mulja u postupcima obrade otpadnih voda. Mulj koji se generira na UPOV- ima nastaje kao sporedni proizvod akumulacije krute tvari tijekom fizikalnih (taloženje), bioloških (mikrobiološka aktivnost) i kemijskih procesa (koagulacija, flokulacija). Mulj je složenog sastava i predstavlja mješavinu organskih i anorganskih tvari raspršenih u vodi, a može sadržavati i patogene mikroorganizme, parazite, viruse te rojne potencijalno toksične elemente i spojeve (teške metale i dr.) Ovako nastali mulj potrebno je adekvatno obraditi na samom UPOV – u i zbrinuti u okoliš u skladu sa zakonskom regulativom. U ovome radu proučavani su uređaji različitih karakteristika, a samim time su i rezultati analiza bili različiti. Primjetilo se kako mulj s UPOV-a Slavonski Brod ima veće vrijednosti ukupnog organskog ugljika i dušika u odnosu na druge UPOV-e, dok je najveći udio ukupnog fosfora u mulju s UPOV-a Velika Gorica. Nadalje, UPOV-i Zagreb i Slavonski Brod imaju znatne količne vode u svom sastavu na što ukazuju rezultati udjela suhe tvari u mulju. Razliĉitost kvalitete mulja uslijed primjene različite tehnologije pročišćavanja otpadne vode najviše se očituje kod vrijednosti pH, pri čemu je mulj s UPOV-a Zagreb lužnat uslijed primjene tehnologije stabilizacije mulja vapnom. Unatoč različitostima u promatranim vrijednostima parametara, obrađeni muljevi sa sva tri uređaja mogu se koristiti u poljoprivredne svrhe, jer su vrijednosti teških metala, ali i postotak suhe tvari i pH dobivenih laboratorijskim analizama znatno manje od dopuštenih graničnih vrijednosti

Участь перекладача у кримінальному процесі як гарантія забезпечення прин­ципу мови судочинства

Кузик Т. М. Участь перекладача у кримінальному процесі як гарантія забезпечення прин­ципу мови судочинства / Т. М. Кузик // Актуальні проблеми держави і права : зб. наук. пр. / редкол.: С. В. Ківалов (голов. ред.), В. М. Дрьомін (заст. голов. ред.), Ю .П. Аленін [та ін.] ;МОНмолодьспорт України, НУ «ОЮА». – Одеса : Юрид. л-ра, 2012. – Вип. 67. - С. 714-721.In the article the grounds of an interpreter's participation in criminal procedure on the basis of the new Criminal procedure code of Ukraine are analyzed. The content of the principle of language of criminal procedure is explored and a new version of the legal norm with this principle is offered

Mode Coupling in Quantized High Quality Films

The effect of coupling of quantized modes on transport and localization in ultrathin films with quantum size effect (QSE) is discussed. The emphasis is on comparison of films with Gaussian, exponential, and power-law long-range behavior of the correlation function of surface, thickness, or bulk fluctuations. For small-size inhomogeneities, the mode coupling is the same for inhomogeneities of all types and the transport coefficients behave in the same way. The mode coupling becomes extremely sensitive to the correlators for large-size inhomogeneities leading to the drastically distinct behavior of the transport coefficients. In high-quality films there is a noticeable difference between the QSE patterns for films with bulk and surface inhomogeneities which explains why the recently predicted new type of QSE with large oscillations of the transport coefficients can be observed mostly in films with surface-driven relaxation. In such films with surface-dominated scattering the higher modes contribute to the transport only as a result of opening of the corresponding mode coupling channels and appear one by one. Mode coupling also explains a much higher transport contribution from the higher modes than it is commonly believed. Possible correlations between the inhomogeneities from the opposite walls provide, because of their oscillating response to the mode quantum numbers, a unique insight into the mode coupling. The presence of inhomogeneities of several sizes leads not to a mechanical mixture of QSE patterns, but to the overall shifting and smoothing of the oscillations. The results can lead to new, non-destructive ways of analysis of the buried interfaces and to study of inhomogeneities on the scales which are inaccessible for scanning techniques