ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND REHABILITATION - AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON (FROM AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CORRECTION - SEE NCJ-02838)

• NCJ Number: 10061
• Author(s): G W SMITH
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT ACA MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, AUG 25-29, 1968

Annotation

DIFFICULTIES AND COMPLEXITIES ARISING FROM THE PREDICTED DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMETRIC SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONICALLY SUPERVISING OFFENDERS.

Abstract

A SYNOPSIS OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DEVICES FOR REMOTELY MONITORING AND CONTROLLING HUMAN BEINGS IS PRESENTED. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS TO THE AREA OF CORRECTIONS IS POINTED OUT AND DISCUSSED. CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE OUTLINED AS A SUGGESTED MEANS OF MINIMIZING THE MORAL AND LEGAL PROBLEMS INHERENT IN IMPLEMENTING SUCH BEHAVIORAL CONTROL SYSTEMS.