Electronic Monitoring

An unpublished document prepared for the Department of Justice. It is designed to help readers understand and appreciate the process needed to incorporate and implement electronic supervision strategies within justice system programs. The document is divided into five sections, and by reading each of these sequentially, the steps for developing or enhancing electronic supervision strategies will be apparent. However, sections or chapters may be read independently if program staff need additional information about a particular topic. It is intended that after reading this document, justice system professionals will be able to: • Conduct preliminary assessment and planning tasks necessary for developing an electronic supervision program component. • Explore and acquire needed resources for electronic supervision. • Make technical decisions about the equipment and services needed and undertake the procurement process. • Design effective offender supervision strategies using electronic technologies. • Engage in program accountability tasks.