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Abstract: 

This roundtable discussion brought together leading experts from both private EM technology and service providers and public sector agencies to review some of the most important developments that have shaped the field in the thirty years since the first offender was placed on house arrest in 1983. The panelists, convened exclusively for this issue by the journal’s founding editor, Marc Renzema, included Murray Brooks, Linda Connelly, Dick Irrer, and Jock Waldo. The discussion ranges over the history, use, and future of EM from many perspectives—state programs, court and correctional applications, managing risks, program survival, what types of offenders are good candidates for EM and what types are not, how to handle violations, the growth of domestic violence applications, technology advances, what equipment improvements are most needed, model legislation, research priorities, and sensible budgeting practices.

Keywords: Offender monitoring trends and developments

Affiliations:  1: Kutztown University (Emeritus).