Over the last few decades our society has moved towards restricting where sexual offenders can live, work, and overall congregate. This issue has been the focus of great public attention due to the media's role in bringing these offenders to the light. Whether it is through the news, movies, TV series, books, talk shows, newspapers articles, etc., these offenders are constantly being talked about. Every body of government in the United States has moved towards implementing restrictions that are aimed at keeping sex offenders away from places where they are considered a potential danger. However, what it is not talked about is that in efforts to limit where sex offenders can live and work to ensure the safety of our society; we are isolating these offenders and hindering their reintegration into our society. By isolating sexual offenders from our society we are doing more harm than good because we are discriminating and not working to fit the needs of each individual offender. One size does not fit all. The intent of this thesis is to explore sexual offender legal restrictions, treatment, case law, constitutionality of these laws and to compare Florida's approach towards restriction of sexual offenders with other states. Through the analysis of case law and statutes, recidivism rates, and treatment options this thesis will evaluate what different approaches should be taken towards aiding the reintegration of sexual offenders into our society. This thesis will provide background information on sexual offenders, compare legal restrictions among states, give an analysis of sexual offender websites, and provide recommendations to a better approach in treating sexual offenders. By raising awareness to the unfairness of treatment of sexual offenders, this thesis aims to open a new gateway to determine more successful ways to rehabilitate sexual offenders.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:01:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 alyne alves lessa.pdf: 7711831 bytes, checksum: 78548ae6e986fbc5b09fe7e22519a603 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-03 / Overcrowding in urban centers has spawned many impacts on the environment, highlighting the waste generated by their activities. To properly allocate these wastes, technologies are developed such as those involved in sewage treatment. However, this form of treatment also generates waste, which must be treated and disposed of properly. The sludge is a byproduct of sewage treatment and has few alternatives available, among which, the agricultural disposition for purposes of soil conditioning or recovery of degraded areas. The soil, however, must have received the favorable characteristics of this type of material so as not to create conditions for growth of bacteria is not eliminated in the sludge treatment and prevent contamination of groundwater and surface water. Thus, this study aimed to classify areas as to the suitability of the application of sludge sewage treatment station of Goiania, a radius of 46 km from that station, using the geographic information system. To achieve this goal, we proceeded to the identification of areas considered unsuitable to receive the sludge by CONAMA Resolution 375/2006 of MMA. Then, the areas that had no restrictions were analyzed for ability to use the land for sludge application from the characteristics of the following environmental factors: hydromorphism, fertility, texture, depth, drainage and stoniness of the soil, topography and beyond susceptibility to soil erosion. Studies for the radii of 46 and 20 km by the restrictions set by the resolution showed that the total area of study 25.5 and 43%, respectively, are unsuitable for sludge application, attending many of the weaknesses of the environmental field as observed for the hydromorphism factor and soil drainage. Since environmental factors texture, stoniness and depth restrictions were preventing the release of silt in some areas, while the fertility of the soil proved ideal for this purpose. Considering all the environmental factors, the area shows unfitness to sludge application on the order of 14.5% of the land to the radius of 46 km and 8.3% for the radius of 20 km, which added to the regulatory restriction excludes 40% and 51%, respectively, for this type of use. The areas suitable for agricultural sludge disposal account for 51.3% of total area, with 8.7% of the land with strong environmental restrictions on the radius of 46 km, while for the 20 km radius of these values are 45 and 3 7%, respectively. The best areas for sludge application in both areas - 20 km and 46 - are located in the northern study area. / A aglomeração humana em centros urbanos tem gerado muitos impactos ao meio ambiente, destacando-se os resíduos produzidos por suas atividades. Para destinar corretamente estes resíduos, tecnologias são desenvolvidas como as envolvidas no tratamento dos esgotos. Entretanto, esta forma de tratamento também gera resíduos, os quais devem ser tratados e dispostos adequadamente. O lodo é um dos subprodutos do tratamento do esgoto doméstico e possui algumas alternativas de disposição, dentre as quais, a disposição agrícola com fins de condicionamento do solo ou mesmo recuperação de áreas degradas. O solo, contudo, deve ter características favoráveis ao recebimento deste tipo de material, de modo a não criar condições para proliferação de bactérias não eliminadas no tratamento do lodo e evitar a contaminação das águas subterrâneas e superficiais. Deste modo, este trabalho teve como objetivo classificar áreas quanto à aptidão a aplicação do lodo da Estação de Tratamento de Esgoto de Goiânia, num raio de 46 km e 20 km a partir da referida Estação, utilizando o sistema de informações geográficas. Para atingir este objetivo, procedeu-se à identificação das áreas consideradas inaptas ao recebimento do lodo pela Resolução CONAMA 375/2006 do MMA. Em seguida, as áreas que não apresentaram restrições foram submetidas à análise da capacidade de uso do solo para aplicação do lodo a partir das características dos seguintes fatores ambientais: hidromorfismo, fertilidade, textura, profundidade, drenagem e pedregosidade do solo, além do relevo e da suscetibilidade dos solos à erosão. Os estudos para os raios de 46 e 20 km pelas restrições estabelecidas pela resolução demonstraram que da área total de estudo 25,5 e 43%, respectivamente, são inaptas à aplicação do lodo, atendendo muitas das fragilidades ambientais do terreno como o observado para os fatores hidromorfismo e drenagem do solo. Já os fatores ambientais textura, pedregosidade e profundidade apresentaram restrições que impedem o lançamento do lodo em algumas áreas, enquanto a fertilidade do solo mostrou-se ideal para esta finalidade. Considerando todos os fatores ambientais, a área apresenta inaptidão à aplicação do lodo na ordem de 14,5% das terras para o raio de 46 km e 8,3% para o raio de 20 km, que somadas à restrição normativas, exclui 40% e 51%, respectivamente, para este tipo de uso. As áreas aptas à disposição agrícola do lodo respondem por 51,3% da área total, estando 8,7% das terras com fortes restrições ambientais considerando o raio de 46 km, enquanto para o raio de 20 km esses valores são de 45 e 3,7%, respectivamente. As melhores áreas para aplicação do lodo, em ambas as áreas - 46 e 20 km - estão localizadas na região norte da área de estudo.