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Ankle Bracelet

Definition

The common name for the wearable transmitter unit used in both RF and GPS electronic monitoring programmes.

Related terms

Curfew Monitoring
The use of an electronic device to verify that a person remains at a specified address during set hours, commonly enforced with...
Electronic Monitoring
The use of radio-frequency ankle tags or GPS tracking devices to enforce curfews or geographic exclusion zones as a condition of bail,...
GPS Tracking
A monitoring method that reports a person's continuous or near-continuous location and can enforce exclusion and inclusion zones anywhere, not only at...
Home Detention
A form of custody or supervision served at a person's residence rather than in a correctional facility, usually monitored electronically.
Net Widening
The expansion of formal state control that occurs when a diversionary or community-based measure draws in minor cases that would otherwise have...
Radio-Frequency (RF) Monitoring
A monitoring method that confirms only whether a person is within a fixed radius of a home base unit, used mainly to...

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