In response to the recent surge in migrants entering Italy, the Italian government has implemented several laws since early 2023 to expand the administrative detention system for migrants - mostly males - pending repatriation, commonly known as Centri di Permanenza per il Rimpatr io (CPR). Despite the large body of evidence provided by national humanitarian organizations and academic research concerning their overall detrimental effect - both on national budgets and detainees’ psychophysiological health –, these centers are still deemed as the best way to deal with the migration phenomenon. Nevertheless, the high incidence of self harm episodes recorded within these venues, together with their secrecy and isolation symptomize their problematic nature. Thus, focusing on three different administrative detention facilities located in the Southern Italian regions of Apulia and Sicily, this thesis aims at penetrating these closeted realities in order to raise awareness about the prisoners’ true living conditions and grasp the potential political weight of their self injurious gestures. Moreover, it argues for the need to partially de medicalize the approach toward this specific health issue, as it prevents to acknowledge it as a full fledged expression of rebellion against this specific detention regimeand, simultaneously, to identify the strategies used by authorities to suppress it.

Stormwater detention basins are commonly used in the Eastern United States to temporarily store and attenuate stormwater runoff, and also serve as habitats for native and exotic plants. However, during winter, these basins receive saline runoff from road salt application, which contributes to Freshwater Salinization Syndrome (FSS). Since limited research has connected direct measurement of soil and stormwater salinities to biodiversity and phytoremediation potential of salt-tolerant plant species, this thesis aimed to fill this gap. We selected a set of detention basins draining mostly pervious areas, parking lots, or roads in Northern Virginia and measured temporal variations in stormwater and soil salinities, depth profiles of soil salinities, plant community composition, and plant tissue ion concentration. The results indicated elevated levels of sodium, chloride, electrical conductivity (EC), and exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP)/sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) in soil and stormwater after road salt application during winter, followed by a decrease during the growing season for basins draining parking lots and roads. A subsequent increase at the end of the season was observed for all site types. While some stormwater samples exceeded toxicity thresholds, most soil samples did not exceed their respective thresholds nor reach saline or sodic conditions, and native and exotic plant species of both salt-sensitive and salt-tolerant classifications were observed at almost all sites, although proportions of each varied by site type. Tissue analysis of select plants revealed ionic concentrations that generally coincided with observed soil and stormwater concentrations at each major site type. These findings have implications for future detention basin planting regimes to mitigate FSS, and the thesis discusses native plants found to provide the most benefit for phytoremediation. / Master of Science / Stormwater detention basins are commonly used in the Eastern United States. They slowly release stormwater runoff and serve as habitats for native and exotic plants. However, during winter, these basins receive saline runoff from road salt application. This contributes to Freshwater Salinization Syndrome (FSS). Limited research has connected direct measurement of soil and stormwater salinities to biodiversity and plants' ability to uptake salts, so this thesis aimed to fill this gap. A set of detention basins draining mostly pervious areas, parking lots, or roads in Northern Virginia were selected. Next, stormwater and soil salinities over time, depth profiles of soil salinities, plant community composition, and plant tissue ion concentration were measured. The results showed higher levels of standard salinity benchmarks in soil and stormwater after road salt application during winter, followed by a decrease during the growing season for parking lot and road sites. A final increase in the fall was observed for all site types. While some stormwater samples were toxic to plants, most soil samples were not toxic, saline, or sodic. Also, native and exotic plant species of both salt-sensitive and salt-tolerant classifications were observed at almost all sites, but proportions of each varied by site type. Plant tissues contained ionic concentrations that reflected observed soil and stormwater concentrations at each site type. These findings can inform future detention basin planting regimes to mitigate FSS. The thesis also discusses native plants that provide benefits for phytoremediation.

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This research deals with the question of how detention of foreigners and the creation ofdifferent forms of detention centers have been rendered possible in the context ofSweden, from the early 1900s up until today. A qualitative content analysis is used toexplore four periods, in terms of the motivations and regulations that produce“detainable categories”, as well as the logic behind such practices of encampment.Drawing on the concept of the “state of exception”, and by using policy documents, thisresearch argues how the Government by gaining extended powers in different periods oftime justifies and regularizes the detention of foreigners. This has been done for thesake of security of the state, protecting the welfare and wellbeing of the nation. Thistells us that the creation and production of detainabilities is not only related toexceptional situations, but becomes the normal condition of the existence of the nationstate.

The aim of this thesis is to explore the relation between the extent of abidance to human rights international law provisions in regard to the detention of immigrants in the countries of EU, and the motivations for doing so, as presented in the international relations theories. The principal research question is: Why are immigrants facing problems in obtaining human rights in the context of immigration related detention? The answers are implicitly found in the answers to the underlying question: Why do states crate and obey international law? Methodologically, the problematic is approached through the theoretical analysis of International Relation theories: Realist, Institutionalism, Liberalism and Constructivism. Each of these theories provides different factors as explanatory for the actions of the states, respectively: power, existence of institutions, interest of individuals and social practices. National law remains the key system in the protection of rights due to its enforceability. Despite the existence of provisions relating to the rights of aliens, national law primarily protects the rights of nationals. From the second half of the 20th century international law has developed rapidly and has influenced the development and advancement of human rights and standards. However, due to the lack of strength in its enforceability, its application is dependent of the political interest and motivation of individual states, both in their inclusion of international law provisions into their national legal systems and its enforcement, and in the use of the constellation of power in international relations in applying pressure on other states to do the same. Entities like European Union bring a new quality to this problematic, given its specific legal structure that has influenced the rethinking of national sovereignty as the uncontested authority in creating and abiding the law. Nonetheless, provision and protection of individual's rights remains tightly knit to and dependent upon citizenship.

Crimes committed by juvenile offenders are a significant concern of society. In response to this concern, the juvenile justice system addresses juvenile crimes in a developmentally appropriate manner. The goal of the juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate juvenile offenders and steer them from a life of crime and toward becoming productive members of society. Yet, some juvenile offenders continue to offend. While research has explored juvenile offenders’ perceptions of juvenile delinquency, re-entry, and recidivism, less is known about how the detention center prepares juvenile offenders for re-entry. The following study explores the perceptions of detained juvenile offenders in a southeastern detention center regarding how the detention center prepares them to reenter their communities and those efforts on preventing future recidivism. This study reviews how the detention center helps juvenile offenders connect to their communities through the lens of the social bond theory and developmental assets framework. By reviewing the interviews of detained juvenile offenders, the findings of this study contribute to the research literature and encourage future work in this area.

Le pouvoir de détenir une personne à des fins d'enquête n'est pas une technique d'investigation nouvelle et tire son origine du droit anglais. Mais cette méthode d'enquête, qui consiste à restreindre temporairement la liberté de mouvement d'une personne que l'on soupçonne pour des motifs raisonnables d'être impliquée dans une activité criminelle, ne fut reconnue officiellement au Canada qu'en juillet 2004 suite au jugement rendu par la Cour suprême dans l'affaire R. c. Mann. Au moment d'écrire ces lignes, cette stratégie d'enquête policière ne fait toujours pas l'objet d'une réglementation spécifique au Code criminel. L'approbation de cette technique d'enquête, en l'absence de toute forme de législation, ne s'est pas faite sans critiques de la part des auteurs et des commentateurs judiciaires qui y voient une intrusion dans un champ de compétences normalement réservé au Parlement. L'arrêt Mann laisse également en suspens une question cruciale qui se rapporte directement aux droits constitutionnels des citoyens faisant l'objet d'une détention semblable: il s'agit du droit d'avoir recours sans délai à l'assistance d'un avocat. Le présent travail se veut donc une étude approfondie du concept de la détention à des fins d'enquête en droit criminel canadien et de son impact sur les droits constitutionnels dont bénéficient les citoyens de notre pays. Pour accomplir cette tâche, l'auteur propose une analyse de la question en trois chapitres distincts. Dans le premier chapitre, l'auteur se penche sur le rôle et les fonctions dévolus aux agents de la paix qui exécutent leur mission à l'intérieur d'une société libre et démocratique comme celle qui prévaut au Canada. Cette étude permettra au lecteur de mieux connaître les principaux acteurs qui assurent le maintien de l'ordre sur le territoire québécois, les crimes qu'ils sont le plus souvent appelés à combattre ainsi que les méthodes d'enquête qu'ils emploient pour les réprimer. Le deuxième chapitre est entièrement dédié au concept de la détention à des fins d'enquête en droit criminel canadien. En plus de l'arrêt R. c. Mann qui fera l'objet d'une étude détaillée, plusieurs autres sujets en lien avec cette notion seront abordés. Des thèmes tels que la notion de «détention» au sens des articles 9 et 10b) de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, la différence entre la détention à des fins d'enquête et l'arrestation, les motifs pouvant légalement justifier une intervention policière de même que les limites et l'entendue de la détention d'une personne pour fins d'enquête, seront aussi analysés. Au troisième chapitre, l'auteur se consacre à la question du droit d'avoir recours sans délai à l'assistance d'un avocat (et d'être informé de ce droit) ainsi que du droit de garder le silence dans des circonstances permettant aux agents de la paix de détenir une personne à des fins d'enquête. Faisant l'analogie avec d'autres jugements rendus par nos tribunaux, l'auteur suggère quelques pistes de solutions susceptibles de combler les lacunes qui auront été préalablement identifiées dans les arrêts Mann et Clayton. / The power to detain a person for investigative purposes is not a new technique of investigation and has its origin in English law. But this method of investigation, which is to temporarily restrict freedom of movement of a person suspected on reasonable grounds to be involved in criminal activity, was officially recognized in Canada in July 2004, following the judgement by the Supreme Court in the case of R. c. Mann. At the time of this writing, this strategy of investigation is not subject to specific regulations to the Criminal Code. The approval of this investigative technique, in the absence of any form of legislation, has not been without criticism from writers and commentators who see it as judicial intrusion into a field of expertise normally reserved for Parliament. The judgement of Mann also leaves open a critical issue that relates directly to the constitutional rights of citizens subjected to a similar kind of detention, namely the right to obtain immediately the assistance of a lawyer. This work is a thorough study of the concept of investigative detention in Canadian criminal law and its impact on the constitutional rights enjoyed by all citizens of our country. To accomplish this task, the author suggests studying this issue in three separate chapters. In the first chapter, the author focuses on the role and functions vested in the peace officers who carry out their mission within a free and democratic society such as the one which prevails in Canada. This study will allow the reader to better understand the main actors responsible for maintaining law and order in Quebec, the crimes they are most often called upon to fight and investigative methods they use to repress those crimes. The second chapter is dedicated to the concept of investigative detention in the context of Canadian criminal law. In addition to the case of R. c. Mann, which will be a study in detail, several other topics related to this concept will he discussed. Themes such as the notion of «detention» within the meaning of Sections 9 and 10b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the difference between the investigative detention and the arrest, the motives which can legally justify a police intervention as well as the limits of the detention of a person for purposes of investigation, will also he analyzed.. The third chapter is devoted to the question of the right to communicate immediately with a lawyer (and to he informed of that right) and the right to remain silent in circumstances enabling peace officers to detain a person for investigative purposes. In making a comparison with other judgments rendered by our courts, the author suggest some possible solutions that could fill gaps that have been previously identified by the Supreme Court in the cases R. c. Mann and R. c. Clayton.

Leung Yat Wai Carol. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2000-01, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 88). / Preface --- p.1 / Chapter A. --- Concept / Chapter 1 --- Genesis / Chapter 1.1 --- Synopsis --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Gender --- p.3-4 / Chapter 1.3 --- "Gender, Architecture Relationship" --- p.5-8 / Chapter 1.4 --- Crossing Gender - Queer Concept --- p.9-13 / Chapter 1.5 --- "Queer, Architecture Relationship" --- p.14-16 / Chapter 2 --- Concept / Chapter 2.1 --- Architectural Intention --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- Of Boundaries --- p.18 / Chapter 2.3 --- Architectural Strategies --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3a --- Tangible - of Form --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3b --- Intangible - of Psychology --- p.21 / Chapter B. --- Program / Chapter 1 --- From Concept to Program --- p.22-23 / Chapter 2 --- Program Studies --- p.24-31 / Chapter 3 --- Program --- p.32-35 / Chapter 4 --- Precedent Studies --- p.36 / Chapter 4.1 --- Youth Detention Centre --- p.37-39 / Chapter 4.2 --- Discotheque --- p.40-41 / Chapter 4.3 --- Stanley Prison Visit --- p.42 / Chapter C. --- Site / Chapter 1 --- Site Studies --- p.43-50 / Chapter 2 --- Site Strategies --- p.51 / Chapter D. --- Design Development / Chapter 1 --- Phase One - the Linear and the Object --- p.52-55 / Chapter 2 --- Phase Two - the Wrapping --- p.56-58 / Chapter 3 --- Phase Three - the Following of Site Boundary --- p.59-61 / Chapter 4 --- Phase Four - the oval --- p.62-64 / Chapter 5 --- Final Design --- p.65-69 / Evaluation --- p.70 / Epilogue --- p.71 / Appendix --- p.72-87 / Bibliography --- p.88

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:21:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cassiano Mazon.pdf: 996276 bytes, checksum: 7633766463328c88c8d77f4fd75d295d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-19 / This thesis is a study on the issue of the grounds of court decisions and preventive detention orders, in light of both domestic and foreign legislation and books of authority, including Brazilian case law. The criminal procedure, an enforceable constitutional right, is a fundamental guarantee under a democratic rule of law system, the central pillar of which is human dignity. Under the rule of law, all court decisions must be duly grounded, notably in the case of the need to restrict fundamental rights, such as an individual s freedom, through a preventive detention order. The grounds arising from the due process of law consist in providing all details of the legal and factual basis which led the court to render such decision. The grounds given by the court must be just, dialectic, coherent and rational, as mere references to legal provisions, allusion to vague and generic formulae, which may be adjusted to any circumstance, are not sufficient. Considering the principle of presumption of innocence, it has been established that preventive detention, a provisional remedy par excellence, is marked by its provisional character in that it should remain effective for the same time the urgent situation that justified it lasts - thus qualifying as an exceptional measure - hence, applicable to emergency situations, if and when all other provisional remedies prove to be improper and insufficient. This study has shown that preventive detention may be ordered in view of the presence of certain legal assumptions and requirements, therefore its grounds requires from the court a careful examination of the circumstances and particularities of the case in question, in light of the principle of proportionality. The conclusion is that unjust and defective grounds give rise to the acknowledgement of the nullity thereof as the essential values provided in the Constitution may be harmed and thus adversely affect human dignity / A presente dissertação abordou o tema da fundamentação das decisões judiciais e a prisão preventiva, mediante análise da legislação e da doutrina, nacionais e estrangeiras, bem como da jurisprudência pátria. O processo penal, direito constitucional aplicado, é uma garantia fundamental no Estado Democrático de Direito, cujo pilar central é a dignidade humana. No Estado Democrático de Direito, devem ser motivadas todas as decisões judiciais, máxime diante da necessidade de restrição a direitos fundamentais, no caso a liberdade, mediante a decretação da prisão preventiva. A fundamentação, decorrente do princípio do devido processo legal, consiste na explicitação das razões de fato e de direito que conduziram o magistrado à decisão. O discurso justificativo judicial deve mostrar-se íntegro, dialético, coerente e racional, não sendo suficientes meras referências a dispositivos legais, com alusão a fórmulas vagas e genéricas, ajustáveis a toda e qualquer situação. Considerando o princípio da presunção de inocência, consignou-se que a prisão preventiva, cautelar por excelência, é marcada pela provisoriedade, devendo vigorar enquanto perdurar a situação de urgência que justificou a decretação da medida, constituindo providência excepcional, porquanto aplicável às hipóteses emergenciais, se e quando todas as demais medidas cautelares mostrarem-se inadequadas e insuficientes. O estudo demonstrou que a prisão preventiva só poderá ser decretada em face da presença de determinados pressupostos e requisitos legais, razão pela qual sua motivação demandará, por parte do magistrado, análise das circunstâncias e peculiaridades do caso concreto, à luz do princípio da proporcionalidade. Ao final, restou assente que a fundamentação inidônea, dotada de vícios, enseja reconhecimento de sua nulidade, por comprometer valores essenciais consagrados no Texto Constitucional, atingindo a própria dignidade da pessoa humana