Children and young people in custody [[electronic resource] ] : managing the risk / / edited by Maggie Blyth, Robert Newman and Chris Wright |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, England, : Policy Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (113 p.) |
Disciplina | 365.42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlythMaggie
NewmanRobert WrightChris |
Collana | Researching criminal justice series |
Soggetto topico |
Juvenile delinquents - Rehabilitation - Great Britain
Juvenile justice, Administration of - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4473-0175-7
1-282-12123-5 9786612121234 1-84742-262-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Children and young people in custody; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1. Children in custody; 2. Types of secure establishment; 3. The cost of custody: whose responsibility?; 4. Sentencing young people; 5. Child deaths in the juvenile secure estate; 6. Sentenced to education: the case for a 'hybrid' custodial sentence; 7. Young people and parole: risk aware or risk averse?; 8. Ten years on: conclusions |
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Bristol, England, : Policy Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Children and young people in custody : managing the risk / / edited by Maggie Blyth, Robert Newman and Chris Wright |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, England, : Policy Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (113 p.) |
Disciplina | 365.42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlythMaggie
NewmanRobert WrightChris |
Collana | Researching criminal justice series |
Soggetto topico |
Juvenile delinquents - Rehabilitation - Great Britain
Juvenile justice, Administration of - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-4473-0175-7
1-282-12123-5 9786612121234 1-84742-262-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Children and young people in custody; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1. Children in custody; 2. Types of secure establishment; 3. The cost of custody: whose responsibility?; 4. Sentencing young people; 5. Child deaths in the juvenile secure estate; 6. Sentenced to education: the case for a 'hybrid' custodial sentence; 7. Young people and parole: risk aware or risk averse?; 8. Ten years on: conclusions |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813003503321 |
Bristol, England, : Policy Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Smart MEMS and sensor systems [[electronic resource] /] / Elena Gaura & Robert Newman, with contributions from Michael Kraft, Andrew Flewitt, Davies William de Lima Monteiro |
Autore | Gaura Elena |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (539 p. ) : ill |
Disciplina | 621.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
NewmanRobert
KraftMichael FlewittAndrew Lima MonteiroDavies William de <1972-> |
Soggetto topico |
Microelectromechanical systems
Smart structures Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering & Applied Sciences Electrical Engineering |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-86739-X
9786611867393 1-60119-887-6 1-86094-920-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- ch. 1. Markets and applications. 1.1. Technology at crossroads. 1.2. The present - MEMS in the news. 1.3. The past - great expectations. 1.4. The Future - maturity and pervasive applications. 1.5. Drivers for progress. 1.6. Progress - device improvement. 1.7. Progress - device integration. 1.8. Smart MEMS - the research agenda. 1.9. Structure of the book -- ch. 2. Microfabrication technologies. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Passive components. 2.3. Sensing components. 2.4. Actuating components. 2.5. Materials and growth. 2.6. Fabrication techniques. 2.7. Conclusions -- ch. 3. Sensor electronics. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Functions of a sensor system. 3.3. Analogue and digital design options. 3.4. Digital signal processing. 3.5. Interface configurations for different transducer types. 3.6. Integration. 3.7. Design for power awareness. 3.8. Conclusion -- ch. 4. Sensor signal enhancement. 4.1. Errors in sensor systems and measurement quality (non-linearity, cross-sensitivity, offset, parameter drift). 4.2. Sensor calibration and compensation - techniques and examples. 4.3. System design choices for compensation - closed loop configurations and other designs. 4.4. Summing up on sensor calibration and compensation -- ch. 5. Case study: control systems for capacitive inertial sensors. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Open loop accelerometer. 5.3. Closed loop accelerometer. 5.4. Conclusions -- ch. 6. Case study: adaptive optics and smart VLSI/MEMS systems. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Adaptive optics and MEMS systems. 6.3. Operational principles. 6.4. Device implementation. 6.5. Closed-loop adaptive optical system. 6.6. Conclusions and future trends -- ch. 7. Artificial intelligence techniques for microsensors identification and compensation. 7.1. Artificial neural networks: what they are and how they are used for microsensor control and identification. 7.2. Open loop, neural transducer prototype for static/low frequency applications. 7.3. Closed-loop neural network controlled accelerometer. 7.4. The neural network non-linear gain controller. 7.5. Micromachined sensor identification using neural networks. 7.6. Concluding remarks -- ch. 8. Smart, intelligent and cogent MEMS based sensors. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Smart, intelligent and cogent sensors - what do the terms mean. 8.3. What and where is the added value brought by intelligence? 8.4. ANNs and MEMS. 8.5. AI for MEMS intelligence. 8.6. 'Cogent' sensors - fault detection case study. 8.7. Conclusion -- ch. 9. Sensor arrays and networks. 9.1. Potential of sensor arrays. 9.2. Node design. 9.3. An architectural history of sensor arrays and networks. 9.4. Systems design issues. 9.5. Network technology and topology. 9.6. Conclusion -- ch. 10. Wireless and Ad hoc sensor networks. 10.1. Sensor network applications. 10.2. System designers' role. 10.3. Design assumptions for Ad hoc networks. 10.4. Distributed system design philosophy. 10.5. Network design considerations. 10.6. Layered model. 10.7. Sensor network operating environments. 10.8. Application services. 10.9. Proposed sensor support system architecture. 10.10. Conclusions -- ch. 11. Realising the dream - a case study. 11.1. Introduction. 11.2. The mission. 11.3. Initial rough design. 11.4. Sensor technology. 11.5. Deployment. 11.6. Operation, control and communication. 11.7. Querying the array. 11.8. A cogent sensor. 11.9. A world of applications. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458534303321 |
Gaura Elena | ||
London, : Imperial College, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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