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Nguyen Thanh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Low-cost Residential Security System
    Hämeen ammattikorkeakoulu, 2018
    Co-Authors: Nguyen Thanh
    Abstract:

    Low-cost Residential Security was made based on the fact that a common Security system is way too expensive for many people. It aims to help those who do not want to invest too much in high end Security systems but still want to have a proper way to protect their property. The system was built around an Arduino Uno as the controller. It has a motion sensor, a combination of LEDs and a buzzer to scare away intruders, and a password system to disable/enable the Security. It also has wireless options to disable/enable the system and provides a way to contact house owners if they are not at home in case of intrusion

Michael Rhead Enion - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • constitutional limits on private policing and the state s allocation of force
    Social Science Research Network, 2012
    Co-Authors: Michael Rhead Enion
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    This note argues that a variety of “private police” forces, such as university patrols and Residential Security guards, should be held to the constitutional limitations found in the Bill of Rights. These private police act as arms of the state by supplying force in response to a public demand for order and Security. The state, as sovereign, retains responsibility to allocate force, in the form of either public or private police, in response to public demand. This state responsibility — a facet of its police power — is evidenced throughout English and American history. When this force responds to a public demand for order and Security, existing state action doctrine case law places both public and private force under constitutional scrutiny.

Sarah M Mathis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the politics of land reform tenure and political authority in rural kwazulu natal
    Journal of Agrarian Change, 2007
    Co-Authors: Sarah M Mathis
    Abstract:

    When South Africa's land reform programme finally reached rural Umbumbulu, a potential for conflict over land emerged unexpectedly. Strategically located near a major urban centre, residents of this region have long relied on wages and social welfare grants. Land was valued primarily for Residential Security and as a symbolic representation of community membership, rather than for productive purposes. This emphasis on community membership, however, created the potential for conflict when a local chief challenged a civil society group over their authority to claim land. With the government's continued hesitancy to challenge the authority of chiefs, land reform provided an opportunity for local chiefs to reinforce their position and potentially to expand the amount of land under their jurisdiction. This agenda conflicted both with the government's interest in developing commercial agriculture and local residents’ desire for rural land as Security in the context of high levels of unemployment.

Keuntae Kim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • i felt safe the role of the rapid rehousing program in supporting the Security of families experiencing homelessness in salt lake county utah
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
    Co-Authors: Ivis Garcia, Keuntae Kim
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    Homelessness is a public health issue that many organizations are addressing through a Housing First Model. One such organization is The Road Home (TRH), which provides services to homeless individuals and families in Salt Lake County. TRH is perhaps best known for their emergency shelters, but the organization also administers the Rapid Rehousing Program (RRHP), designed to help families experiencing homelessness transition back into stable housing. Those experiencing homelessness tend to have high rates of chronic mental/physical disabilities as well as issues related to substance abuse. Having a home is the first step toward achieving some kind of stability in their lives. The RRHP allows families to find housing in the private rental market and will cover the initial costs and several months of rent for clients. While the program has been praised by policymakers and social service providers for helping homeless families find rental housing, there is no empirical research about participant perspectives regarding their Residential (in)Security. The research question of this article is: what is the role of the RRHP in supporting the Security of families experiencing homelessness? Researchers collected qualitative data through focus groups and interviews with 31 participants, 23 families experiencing homelessness, two landlords, six case managers, and service providers. Lastly, we identify recommendations for program improvements based on information gathered from research participants. It is our hope that the information presented in this article can and will be used in a way that improves public health by increasing the Residential Security of families experiencing homelessness.

Erica Field - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • property rights community public goods and household time allocation in urban squatter communities evidence from peru
    William and Mary law review, 2004
    Co-Authors: Erica Field
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK II. PROJECT BACKGROUND III. EMPIRICAL STRATEGY A. Regression Model IV. EMPIRICAL RESULTS A. Program Effect on Tenure Security B. Program Effect on Time Spent Inside the Home C. Program Effect on Time Outside the Home 1. Labor Supply 2. Leisure Activities Outside the Home D. Community-Level Evidence 1. Neighborhood Organizations 2. Law Enforcement CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION Urban property reform is an issue of current importance in many developing countries. Among policymakers, property titling is increasingly considered an effective form of government intervention for targeting the poor and encouraging economic growth in urban areas. (2) While there exists a wide body of literature demonstrating the positive influence of property institutions on market outcomes, there is little microeconomic evidence documenting the cost of informality to individual households. This Article contributes to the literature by examining the time costs of informal tenure arrangements in squatter communities. A number of authors have noted that, in many settings, informal institutions arise to compensate for the absence of formal property protection. (3) In such settings, one of the principal gains of strong property institutions is to shift the burden of property protection and enforcement away from individual households and informal communities to the state. (4) Hence, an important outcome of titling efforts that effectively increase household tenure Security should be to allow households and communities to reallocate time away from this role. To explore the relationship between institutional reform and household-level resource allocation, this Article examines whether improvements in tenure Security that result from giving property titles to urban squatters in Peru influence the time allocation of household members across labor and leisure activities inside and outside the home. In particular, this Article explores whether receiving a legal property title reduces the likelihood that households will keep individuals at home and inside the community to protect property, thus leading these individuals to increase employment and leisure hours outside the home. The idea underlying these predictions is that, in the absence of formal legal property protection, households and informal communities have an incentive to provide their own human resources for Residential Security, and thus, to consider the need to stay at home or close to home when making time allocation choices. Hence, this Article also examines whether strengthening property institutions encourages households to relocate entrepreneurial activity from inside to outside the home. Finally, because property formalization presumably shifts the burden of land protection from individual communities to the state, this Article examines whether titling is also associated with a reduction in the level of land-related neighborhood governance and an increase in the role of formal law enforcement at the neighborhood level. This Article examines these relationships using data from a dramatic nationwide titling program in Peru (Program), in which 1.2 million property titles were distributed to urban squatters on public land, the largest urban property rights reform that has occurred in the developing world. (5) The empirical strategy employed in this study takes advantage of the Program as a natural experiment by making use of staggered regional program timing. A general difficulty in studying the influence of property titles and a weakness inherent in the past literature is concerned over endogeneity that arises in comparing titled and untitled households. In particular, the tenure status of a given household is generally a function of the household demand for legal protection, which is likely to be related to factors affecting household and community time allocation choices. …