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Abstract: 

The power of today’s smartphone combined with its prevalence in society have made smartphone applications a very attractive supervision tool, one without the stigma associated with more traditional electronic monitoring devices. The Journal invited all known companies currently offering smartphone-based supervision services to complete an extensive survey, with questions about the functionality of the applications they offer. Eleven companies responded to the survey and the results are organized in six groups of tables covering basic approach and technical requirements; verification of offender identity and proximity to smartphone; general supervision and monitoring; offender support functionality; location monitoring; and data, platform and reporting capabilities. The primary objective of this survey is to provide agencies with a better understanding of the technology and what it can do, the market participants and their offerings, and as a starting point for agencies employing offender monitoring to their supervision workloads, and researchers seeking to study the impact and effectiveness of this new approach to offender monitoring.

Keywords: Smartphone monitoring software; Global Navigational Satellite Systems; Wi-Fi mapping; cell tower trilateration; biometric sensors

Affiliations:  1: University of Denver; 2: Correct Tech, LLC.