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Entries from December 2009

GPS Tracking of Criminal Offenders-Research Overview

December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

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By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr.
In Washington, D.C. offenders on community supervision—probation, parole, or supervised release—face a new impediment to criminal activity and non-compliance:  GPS tracking, which monitors the individual’s whereabouts 24 hours per day.
The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), the federal agency that supervises these offenders in the nation’s [...]

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