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CA - Sex Offenders' GPS Monitoring Devices Not a Silver Bullet, States Say

View the article here I think if they would've listened to experts, then they would've told them this a long time ago.  Someone always wants a magic bullet, or magic pill to cure everything. 01/26/2009 By Jim McKay GPS monitoring -- embraced as a simple technological solution for tracking the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders -- is proving to be something less than a silver bullet for state and local public safety agencies. Convinced that GPS monitoring was the answer to the sex offender problem, judges and lawmakers began mandating the technology for high-profile parolees. Beginning in 2005, the technology was widely deployed as means to ensure that offenders complied with the terms of their release, such as staying a safe distance from schools or a victim's home...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 26, 2009 (boomark / email).