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The magic bracelet : technology and offender supervision / Dick Whitfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitfield, Dick, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic monitoring of parolees and probationers.
- Alternatives to imprisonment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (128 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Technology and offender supervision
- Place of Publication:
- Winchester, England : Waterside Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The availability of satellite tracking and voice verification systems means that various options as technology is used to supervise offenders. But how effective is it? This book looks at the different ways in which technology is being used and the lessons for criminal justice policy.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Acknowledgements
- CONTENTS
- Acronymns and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 A Short History of Tagging
- 2 Current Use and Development: the UK
- 3 Current Use and Development: Europe
- 4 Current Use and Development: North America
- 5 Other Jurisdictions
- 6 Making it Work
- 7 Impact on Policy and Sentencing
- 8 Wider Issues
- 9 A Look to the Future
- Appendix: Electronic Monitoring Technologies
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611124885
- 9781281124883
- 1281124885
- 9781906534639
- 1906534632
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