House Arrest: Community-Based Electronic Monitoring

States around the country have given police the right to make warrantless arrests on in partner violence and has even limited their ability to use discretion by implementing mandatory arrests. This has made the job of the police much more difficult because they must go about handling situations like domestic violence delicately. It does not make it any easier now that the term “domestic violence” has now grown into an umbrella term including disputes between adults and children, blood relatives, and couples who sometimes are and are not married. Because the job of the police involves so many different factors and the changing social climate, it’s become quite difficult to discern whether or not having mandatory arrest laws are helpful. They

The book “House Arrest” by K.A. Holt is about a boy named Timothy who was on probation. Timothy was on house arrest for an year so that means he has to stay out of trouble, write in a journal, check in with a therapist, and a probation officer for a whole year. But as time went by it got harder and harder for him to stay out of trouble especially when he has to help his family stop struggling with some problems. As Timothy is struggling with his sick brother, a mom that has depression, and a horrible probation officer he has to find some solutions to help his family and follow the rules while he is on house arrest.

Another commonly used alternative is house arrest and confinement. This sanction restricts an individual to his or her residence for specific periods of time; in most house arrest programs offenders are allowed to leave their homes only for employment, medical needs, or mandated assignments such as community service or school. The emphasis of this program is on confinement, and the supervising officers’ role is to ensure that the offender stays confined at home. There are three different levels of home confinement, each with a different degree of restricted freedom. The first is curfew which requires offenders to be in their residence during limited, specific hours, generally at night. The offender’s movements outside of the curfew hours are unregulated. The second is home detention that requires offenders to remain at home at all times except for employment, education, treatment, or other pre-approved activities. This program may be with the assisted with electronic monitoring. The last level is home incarceration. This program requires offenders to remain at home at all times, with very limited exceptions for religious or medical purposes. At a minimum, offenders are subject to random

Electronic monitoring “ in most cases, U.S. probation and pretrial services officers use electronic monitoring in supervising people placed under home confinement (Uscourts, Home Confinement , pg 2)”. The person “wears a tamper resistant transmitter on the ankle or wrist 24 hours a day and the person must stay within 150 feet of the receiving unit to be considered in range (Uscourts, Home Confinement, pg2)”. Key events that might happen which would break the

The three alternatives to local control of jails are state-run jails, cooperative (regional) arrangements. and state subsidized programs. These are supervision and treatment services that help with jail overcrowding and help keep mentally ill offenders out of jail. They also help to save taxpayer's money as well as permit offenders to have and keep jobs.

An idea that was followed through was the electric ankle brace, in which people who commit misdometers(eg. cable theft), or are on parole are on house arrest. They cannot leave at certain times and if they do, the ankle brace sends an alerts the police.

Howard Morton addresses the issue around street checks used across Canada, which is also known as “carding”. In his article “Investigative Detention and Street Checks” Morton defines the street checks as “an interaction between police officers and members of the public that is generally not related to a specific criminal investigation. However, there have been controversies around this topic since it is “view by many as racial profiling or racist policing” (Morton, 2015).

It's a great lesson for the criminal because it teaches him to never do the crime ever again and gives him better morals. In a house arrest, a criminal gets a nice electronic monitoring devices to help ensure that he or she stays put and this won't give it better morals because it will just keep him put. It dosen't mean he'll do the crime again.

Community supervision of law violators can achieve similar advantages and prevent the disadvantages of incarceration. There are both advantages and disadvantages to community corrections and incarceration. I support community corrections because I believe it has more positives outcomes and less negative effects than incarceration.

let out on strict conditions - e.g. to keep away from named places or people

I am doing this paper on electronic monitoring. I am doing this paper because I need a paper to write for you and this is the page I opened to in the book to get the idea. No, really because I believe that electronic monitoring is a terrific way to police probation and parolees when probation and parole officers are so severely overworked. By not having to check in on the offenders as much, because at any time we can hit a button and know exactly where they are, or be notified instantly when they are somewhere they shouldn’t be, it would be a lot easier on probation and parole officers.

A.J. Brown, in his article, “Personal Stories of Domestic Surveillance,” recounts the negative experience of Sister Virgine Lawinger in dealing with domestic surveillance. He primarily constructs the narrative by giving a background on Sister Lawinger (She “was on her way...to learn how to lobby against U.S. aid for Colombia”), and explaining her experience of being detained from flying without basis. Brown narrates examples of real life instances of people's’ experiences with domestic surveillance in order to portray to his audience that surveillance is an intrusion of rights and leaves opportunity for the “abuse of power.” Brown use an objective tone to address his audience of people live in the US or is interested in moving to the country

This tag gives the order it’s longer name of “Curfew order with electronic monitoring” or the shortened and more popular name of “tagging” The way in which the electronic tag works is that it will send a constant signal to a control centre. If the offender disobeys the curfew then the control centre is immediately alerted. The Curfew order lasts up to six months and the court will decide which hours the offender must remain in their home. The hours can be between two and twelve hours a day.

Another example of the home being a prison is shown in “The Good Wife.” The disturbing tale of a husband who literally keeps his wife prisoner. The husband presumably found evidence of an affair with the elusive man named Ferguson. The story begins as if everything were normal. Mr. Benjamin, as he’s referred to, asks the maid if “Mrs. Benjamin” is awake and if she has eaten (137). He then approaches an ominous door with a big lock. Unlocking the door and turning the knob, Mr. Benjamin opens the door to find Mrs. Benjamin there, right where he kept her. However he avoids eyecontact with

They are allowed to go to work and participate in other selected activities, but their location is known at all times. The device will also alert authorities if it is tampered with; so you cannot simply remove it (Internet). The idea of electronic monitors to track the location of prisoners first arose in the 1960's when Dr. Ralph Schwitzgebel researched, developed, and tested a device capable of doing so. These devices constantly transmit over the telephone or over radio waves (McCarthy 137). Once the prisoner completes his sentence, the device is removed. This seems to be a good idea - it allows someone to be punished but it does not put a halt to their life in general or contribute to the overpopulation of a prison.