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GPS tracking  

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  • Since the 1960s, the location of offenders under community supervision has been monitored with the assistance of electronic devices. Increasingly, electronic monitoring relies on technology that uses the global positioning system (GPS) to monitor offenders. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; GPS Tracking]

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