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Showing 1 to 20 of 281 for “"detention"”.
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Borders: Separation, Detention, and Dehumanization
Borders: Separation, Detention, and Dehumanization is an exhibition that calls attention to the worsening situation at the southern border. The show is composed of large paintings and drawings, depicting scenes of either separation or detention, and an element of human suffering portrayed by …
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Detention of Asylum-Seekers: Comparison of the Asylum and Detention Practices in United States and Sweden
… rights are undermined or supported in the detention centers. The research discusses the historical origin of the contemporary asylum/immigration policies, international standards on detention, their implication, and key contemporary policy trends in US and Sweden. The selection of US and …
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Design of detention basin system along highways
A system of detention basins is an effective device for control of, storm flood both in terms of quantity and quality. The feasibility of designing detention basins for flood control by use of abandoned spaces near highway interchange and between highway embankments is investigated. Three …
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The Uncorrected Self: Identity Negotiation in Juvenile Detention
… negotiation for juvenile detainees in a county detention center in the Midwestern United States. Participants included six male, first-time detainees, ages 12 to 16, their parents, and detention center staff and administrators. Working within a narrative framework that incorporates theories of …
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A statistical approach to urban stormwater detention planning
… to study the long-term behaviour of a stormwater detention unit. This unit stores a portion of the incoming runoff, corresponding to the empty space available in the unit, from which runoff is pumped to a treatment plant. The objective is to avoid, as much as possible, the discharge of untreated …
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Extended stormwater detention basin design for pollutant removal
… formulation for estimating the average time of detention within a pond for a captured runoff volume is presented. It is assumed that mixing takes place during an event and that settling occurs over the period required to empty the captured volume or the time between successive events, whichever …
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Pre-trial detention under contemporary European human rights law
… presents a study of the concept of pre-trial detention and on all it entails juridically, in the light of the European law on human rights. Some aspects of pre-trial detention have been considered in relative depth, both internationally and comparatively. Consequently, the adequacy of the …
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Evaluation of spatially dependent on-site detention basin policies
Stormwater detention basins are typically used for stormwater control in many communities across the United States. They are commonly constructed downstream of every new development to control post-development runoff, and are called "on-site" detention basins. It has been shown by multiple authors …
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Detention Center to Home School: The Path of Transition
<p>This study examined the way a juvenile detention center and local feeder high schools worked in conjunction with each other to educate students that are incarcerated and then transition back to their home school. The goal of this study was to determine the adequacy of the transition/re-entry …
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Can Representativeness Decrease Youth Violence in Juvenile Detention Facilities?
… may impact the amount of violence in juvenile detention facilities.</p> <p>The purposes of the study are to determine whether bureaucratic representation can have an impact on preventing violence, and to understand what factors lead officers in perceiving they have different roles. The two …
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Water quality and sediment dynamics in a detention pond system
An investigation into the Lake Harrison detention pond system revealed that the design enhanced the removal efficiency of total suspended solids (TSS) and, to a lesser degree, nutrient constituents in the runoff. The design increased TSS flocculation, which ensured particulate removal, and …
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The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers: Arbitrary Detention in South Africa
… is a research paper on the use of arbitrary detention to criminalise asylum seekers in South Africa. After the democratic transition in 1994 South Africa became a leading destination for asylum seekers from across the African continent. South Africa’s post-apartheid immigration and refugee …
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Student Perceptions of the Charter School Experience at Metropolitan Detention Center
… of a charter school experience at Metro Detention Center in Bernalillo County, New Mexico were examined via in-depth interviews of two groups of students. One group consisted of 12 new students who had not attended classes yet. This group was re-interviewed at 3 weeks to determine any …
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Rehabilitative practices in juvenile detention: invoking multiple perspectives to explore implementation
… examined rehabilitative practices in a juvenile detention via an ethnographic case study cast in a mixed methods framework to address the following research questions: a) In what form and to what extent are rehabilitative practices implemented in juvenile detention? and b) What processes and …
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Hydrologic simulation of storm water detention storage in an urbanizing flood-plan
… urban flood control consider the use of storage detention, especially where channel capacities are being overtaxed by urban runoff. Particular problems exist where high rainfall intensities and low topographic relief combine with rapid urban development to produce potential flooding. Traditional …
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United States Detention Policy in Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Operations: 2001 to 2011
This thesis examines United States detention policy and operations in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and the use of Guantanamo Bay as a key node in detention operations between 2001 and 2011, when the US was engaged in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations against various …
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