jeudi 21 janvier 2016

Facts To Understand About House Arrest Monitoring

By James Wagner


Incarceration is just one of the many ways that offenders can pay for their offenses under the law. The concept of house arrest has continuously become popular as a cheaper alternative to incarceration, especially in countries that have large prison populations. It is receiving popularity as an alternative for punishing low-profile offenders. House arrest monitoring has been the most challenging part to implement but with technological advancement, it has become easier.

Many electronic devices have been invented to monitor the movement of offenders until they have successfully completed their punishment. The devices are used on adults as well as juveniles. The efficiency of electronic devices used to monitor the movement of offenders placed under house arrest is very high today. They indicate where the offender is located at any specific time. Geographical violations can be tracked throughout.

An ankle monitor is one of the most commonly deployed electronic house arrest monitor. The monitor also goes by other names such as an ankle bracelet and a tether. It refers to a small homing gadget that is worn by people under hour arrest or parole. The device has a transmitter unit that sends radio frequency signals to a receiver with various pieces of information including its current location.

Moving outside a specified geographical region triggers the device to transmit a radio frequency signal to a receiver. Receivers are usually other computers owned by law enforcement agencies or contractors that perform monitoring on behalf of the government. Ankle monitors have tamper proof designs. This makes them to transmit a signal to the receiver when one tries to remove them.

The transmission of the radio frequency signal by the device to the recipient computer relies on either a cellular or land-line. The receiver receives the signal in the form of an alert message. Ankle monitors have close GPS-based cousins that require wearers to bear cell phones for transmission of signals from the ankle units. In some designs, the ankle unit incorporates both functions.

Electronic monitoring originated from a small team of researchers at Harvard University in the 1960s. The first judicially sanctioned program to employ the technology started in 1983 in New Mexico. Production was done by someone named Michael Goss. After a period of six years, there were a minimum of six producers involved in commercial productions of the systems. Statistics indicate that 130, 000 were under deployment in the United States in 2006.

There is a lot of uncertainty in the use of electronic monitoring devices in reducing the rate of crime. This is so because people who violate parole are usually preparing to commit other more serious crimes. The adoption of monitoring was to serve as a deterrent to crime. Later research indicates that there is no difference between this strategy and other diversion programs.

These devices are waterproof in order to prevent them from being damaged by water. They are small and light to avoid being inconvenient to wearers. Most of them come with a black casing.




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