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Abstract: 

Today’s supervision technologies, including GPS tracking, biometric devices, and smartphone-based monitoring, all produce millions of discrete readings for the tens of thousands of offenders who are required to wear or otherwise use them. Thirty years ago, the main obstacle to using electronic monitoring was its reliability, but decades ofengineering advances have made units more accurate, durable, and portable. Now, the issue is “too much information.” In this article, Steve Hamilton, Chief Marketing Officer for Track Group, explains how new software applications for aggregating and analyzing the trove of “big data” currently generated by GPS devices are unlocking its predictive power and more accurately and efficiently focusing the efforts of supervision staff.

Keywords: Data analytics; G2 Research; Pattern-of-Life Analysis; geospatial analysis

Affiliations:  1: Track Group.