Afscheid van de klassieke procedure? Een verslag van een afscheid en een weerzien

Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, accountability, and effectivit

Een onzekere toekomst:Kwalitatief onderzoek naar de ervaringen van afgewezen (ex-)alleenstaande minderjarige vreemdelingen en opvangouders met toekomstgerichte begeleiding

In 2016 werd een nieuw opvangmodel voor alleenstaande minderjarige vreemdelingen (AMV’s) van kracht. Het model wordt gekenmerkt door kleinschaligheid en begeleiding naar toekomstperspectief: jongeren van wie de asielaanvraag is ingewilligd en jongeren van wie deze is afgewezen worden, anders dan de situatie onder het oude model, apart opgevangen. Het onderhavige onderzoek had als doel meer zicht te krijgen op hoe AMV’s wier asielverzoek is afgewezen de begeleiding onder het nieuwe opvangmodel ervaren en wat hun ideeën zijn over de toekomst. De onderzoeksvragen luidden: 1. Wat zijn de ervaringen van jongeren van wie de asielaanvraag is afgewezen met de opvang en de (toekomstgerichte) begeleiding? 2. Past de begeleiding die ze krijgen bij hun behoeften? 3. Wat zijn hun ideeën over de toekomst (o.a. m.b.t verblijf in Nederland of terugkeer naar het land van herkomst)? INHOUD: 1. Inleiding, 2. AMV's en ex-AMV's over KWV's, mentoren en voogden, 3. Begeleiding in opvanggezinnen, 4. ConclusiesIn 2016, the Netherlands introduced a new model for the reception of unaccom-panied minor asylum seekers (UMAs). Distinctive features of the model are the small-scale housing facilities and the emphasis on guidance of UMA’s depending on their future prospects. In contrast to the past situation, minors who have been granted an asylum permit are now housed separately from those whose asylum application has been rejected. The current study aimed to provide more insight into rejected UMAs’ expe-riences about the guidance they receive under the new reception model, and how they see their future. The research questions were: 1. What are the experiences of youngsters whose asylum application has been rejected with the housing facility and (future oriented) guidance? 2. Does the guidance meet their needs? 3. How do they see their future (for instance with regards to staying in the Netherlands or returning to the country of origin)

Legitimacy of Institutions for Conflict Resolution: an Introduction

A key aspect of institutions for conflict resolution is their legitimacy. What legitimacy entails, however, is essentially contested and depends in part on whether one takes a legal, normative, or social perspective. The current special issue aims to gain a better understanding of legitimacy within the context of institutions for conflict resolution by examining (1) whether and, if so, how studying institutions for conflict resolution through the lens of legitimacy can deepen our understanding of these institutions, and (2) whether and, if so, how studying legitimacy in the specific context of institutions for conflict resolution can enrich our understanding of legitimacy. After introducing the term ‘institutions for conflict resolution’ and detailing current approaches to legitimacy, this Introduction assesses what the potential cross-fertilisation between both concepts may look like. We do so based on the papers included in this special issue, which showcase the diversity of ways in which legitimacy of institutions for conflict resolution may be researched, as they focus on different types of conflicts that take place within different fields of law and involve different kinds of institutions. Finally, we take stock of the insights yielded by the papers included in this issue, and reflect on directions for further research on legitimacy, institutions for conflict resolution, and their cross-fertilisation

A Fuzzy Spatio-Temporal-based Approach for Activity Recognition

International audienceOver the last decade, there has been a significant deployment of systems dedicated to surveillance. These systems make use of real-time sensors that generate continuous streams of data. Despite their success in many cases, the increased number of sensors leads to a cognitive overload for the operator in charge of their analysis. However, the context and the application requires an ability to react in real-time. The research presented in this paper introduces a spatio-temporal-based approach the objective of which is to provide a qualitative interpretation of the behavior of an entity (e.g., a human or vehicle). The process is formally supported by a fuzzy logic-based approach, and designed in order to be as generic as possible

Mediterranean conundrums : pluridisciplinary perspectives for research in the social sciences

This paper has two purposes. First, it summarises the various papers presented at a Pluridisciplinary Conference on the Mediterranean treating the region from a variety of perspectives, a selection of which are published in this issue of History and Anthropology. Second, it attempts to explore some of the tensions between historians and anthropologists, and political scientists and geographers, in the treatment of the region.peer-reviewe

Non-target screening with high-resolution mass spectrometry: critical review using a collaborative trial on water analysis

In this article, a dataset from a collaborative nontarget screening trial organised by the NORMAN Association is used to review the state-of-the-art and discuss future perspectives of non-target screening using high-resolution mass spectrometry in water analysis. A total of 18 institutes from 12 European countries analysed an extract of the same water sample collected from the River Danube with either one or both of liquid and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry detection. This article focuses mainly on the use of high resolution screening techniques with target, suspect, and non-target workflows to identify substances in environmental samples. Specific examples are given to emphasise major challenges including isobaric and co-eluting substances, dependence on target and suspect lists, formula assignment, the use of retention information, and the confidence of identification. Approaches and methods applicable to unit resolution data are also discussed. Although most substances were identified using high resolution data with target and suspect-screening approaches, some participants proposed tentative non-target identifications. This comprehensive dataset revealed that nontarget analytical techniques are already substantially harmonised between the participants, but the data processing remains time-consuming. Although the objective of a Bfullyautomated identification workflow^ remains elusive in the short term, important steps in this direction have been taken, exemplified by the growing popularity of suspect screening approaches. Major recommendations to improve non-target screening include better integration and connection of desired features into software packages, the exchange of target and suspect lists, and the contribution of more spectra from standard substances into (openly accessible) databases.This work was supported in part by the SOLUTIONS project, which received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under Grant Agreement No. 603437