NCJ Number
108491
Date Published
1987
Length
0 pages
Annotation
After explaining the technology of electronic monitoring, presenters describe custodial supervision programs in Oklahoma and New Jersey that use electronic monitoring of offenders.
Abstract
Annesley Schmidt, program analyst at the National Institute of Justice, describes the various technologies available for the electronic monitoring of offenders. All rely upon the telephone in the offender's residence to determine whether he/she is at home during the hours specified in the conditions of supervision. Schmidt also profiles offenders typically placed under electronic supervision and projects future research in this area by the National Institute of Justice. Justin Jones, deputy director of probation and parole of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, describes that State's use of electronic monitoring to supervise parolees. Parole officers implement and monitor the program in cooperation with police departments in their jurisdictions. Harvey Goldstein, assistant director of probation in the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts, describes that State's intensive supervision program for parolees and probationers. The program includes electronic monitoring as a means of enforcing curfews. In addition, the program requires participants to have a job, keep a budget, pay restitution, undergo tests for drug and alcohol use, pay a portion of the cost of supervision, and participate in counseling.