[Scotland] Faulty tags leave hundreds of early release offenders unmonitored / Scotland on Sunday, 30 December 2007
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland?articleid=3628346
Murdo MacLeod
"HUNDREDS of electronic tags fitted to criminals as a condition of early release from jail are failing every year."

Electronic Monitoring in the Scottish Criminal and Youth Justice Systems: Statistical Information 1 July 2007 - 30 September 2007 / Scottish Parliament, 7 December 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/205226/0054642.pdf

[USA] Report on the Results of the CDCR Two-Piece GPS System Field Test / UCI Center for Evidence-Based Corrections, 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wdsj
Jesse Jannetta, Randy Myers, Lori Sexton, Sarah Smith and Alyssa Whitby
"The field test was designed to answer the question: How does a two-piece GPS system perform relative to a one-piece GPS system?"

[USA] Electronic Tracking 'Remedy' for Gang Violence / GovTech.com, 12 November 2007
http://www.govtech.com/gt/184687?topic=117691
"Gang area zoning involves the zoning of specific known and targeted gang areas. Sky Detective, Inc. has a Pending Patent for a GPS/CDMA assisted device that can be attached to individual gang members by order of the Court, as a condition of their probation or parole, which provides the gang member's location at all times. He or she would not be able to leave or enter designated areas (inclusion or exclusion zones) without alerting the Monitor for immediate action. Rival gang locations can be zoned as exclusion areas for the offender. This is a very real deterrent in preventing known gang members from becoming mobile in order to converge and engage in gang activities."

The Twin Inventors of Electronic Monitoring Still Have Regrets / Wired.com, 23 October 2007
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/15-11/ps_ankle
Gary Wolf
"[...] The Gables described their invention in the journal Behavioral Science in 1964. They envisioned a system that would automatically track young offenders as they moved around a city. The kids could be rewarded for showing up at the right place at the right time: behaviour modification in the form of a game. That's not how things turned out. With its roots in psychology forgotten, electronic monitoring became just another legal sanction."

Electronic Monitoring In The Scottish Criminal And Youth Justice Systems: Statistical Information:1 April 2007-30 June 2007 / Scottish Government, 10 September 2007
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/197238/0052754.pdf

Police use anti-terror surveillance methods to track paedophiles / The Times, 23 June 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1975264.ece
Sean O’Neill
Predatory paedophiles have been placed under intensive surveillance to prevent them from attacking children."

An Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Monitoring as a Condition of Bail in Scotland / Scottish Executive, 20 June 2007
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/06/20102655/0

[USA] RFID 'to be used in prison' / TUVPS, 18 June 2007
http://www.tuvps.co.uk/news/articles/rfid-to-be-used-in-prison-18183546.asp
"Detainees at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Lino Lakes, which falls under the remit of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC), will be tracked by the $500,000 (£252,000) system."

[Scotland] Justice Secretary plan to track sex offenders with satellites / Herald, 8 June 2007
http://www.theherald.co.uk/display.var.1456671.0.0.php?utag=32924
ROBBIE DINWOODIE

[USA] Tampa firm taps rising demand for tracking bracelets / Miami Herald, 1 May 2007
http://www.miamiherald.com/103/story/92039.html
RICHARD MULLINS
"Crowded jails and advancements in cellular GPS technology are providing a market opportunity for tracking bracelets that detect alcohol consumption.
The judge gave Steven Williams a choice: Go to jail to await trial for reckless driving, or stay out on bail and wear a new type of ankle bracelet that can detect any signs of drinking alcohol."

[Scotland] Sex offender tagged for 10 years / Herald, 30 April 2007
http://www.theherald.co.uk/display.var.1363377.0.0.php?utag=32924
LUCY ADAMS
"Two sex offenders released into the community in Scotland are being forced to wear an electronic tag - one for the next 10 years - because they are considered such a risk to society."

[USA] Las Vegas Court Uses Ankle Bracelet to Detect Alcohol Use / Medical News Today, 23 April 2007
http://digbig.com/4srja
"Sixty residents of Clark County, Nev., convicted of alcohol-related offenses have been sentenced to wear an ankle bracelet that monitors their alcohol use and reports results back to the courts. The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM) device, which detects alcohol in the wearer's sweat, is worn by offenders who agree not to drink as a condition of reduced bail or in lieu of jail time. Plans call for using the SCRAM devices on up to 300 offenders in Clark County this year."

[USA] City sees early success in GPS program / SBSun.com, 26 February 2007
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_5306130
Joe Nelson
"Nearly 40 documented gang members who wore Global Positioning System ankle bracelets as a condition of their parole were returned to prison in the last 11 months for violating the terms of their release.
Although the state began monitoring sex offenders using GPS ankle bracelets in 2005, San Bernardino is the first city in California to use the technology to track high-risk gang members. Using technology to track violent criminals was one strategy in an 18-point anti-crime plan Mayor Pat Morris published last year during his campaign for office. Another theme in his plan centered on partnering with officials outside the city to combat violent crime."

[USA] San Diego County to test alcohol-detecting ankle bracelets / SFGate.com, 28 February 2007
http://digbig.com/4rrne
"County supervisors approved a pilot program to place alcohol-detecting ankle bracelets on chronic drunken drivers.
Repeat offenders in the program will be required to wear the anklets for 90 days while on probation. The program will then compare their recidivism rate with offenders who did not wear bracelets."

[USA] Court rules ankle monitor use does not equal jail time / KTUU, 6 February 2007
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=6048951
Angela Unruh
"Spending time at home, watching television and wearing an ankle monitor: Is that the same as spending time in jail?
Some judges say yes, but now, the Alaska Court of Appeals says no. The ruling means defendants will no longer get jail credit for wearing an ankle monitor."

A Call for Evidence-Based Policy : Sex Offender Electronic Monitoring Has Advantages, Problems / Council of State Governments, January 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4rdey
Matthew DeMichele, Brian Payne and Deeanna Button

Electronic Monitoring: Short Circuit or Enabling Tool for Behavior Modification?
Web publication [No date]
PDF - http://www.fppoa.org/tempfiles/ShortCircuitorEnablingTool.pdf
Peter Michel

[USA] Mass. GPS Law to Protect Domestic Violence Victims / GovTech, 4 Jan 2007
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/103129
"Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor hailed the signing of legislation that authorizes courts to require domestic abusers who violate existing restraining orders to wear a GPS tracking device. These devices will automatically notify the authorities and the victims should an offender enter geographic "exclusion zones" set by the court. Offenders with the financial means will also be responsible for the expense of the GPS bracelet, which is estimated to cost $10 per person per day."

[USA] County Plans to Track Domestic Violence Suspects / WRAL, 2 Jan 2007
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1124145/
"In 2006, about 60 deaths were reported as a result of domestic violence in North Carolina. Now, one county is responding to a woman’s death by looking at new technology to track offenders."