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Abstract: 

This is the complete issue of The Journal of Offender Monitoring, Volume 23 Number 2, a special issue devoted to important court rulings involving the use of electronic monitoring. Among the rulings reviewed here are cases deciding whether a court can add monitoring by GPS after probation terms have already been set; whether an offender can use a manufacturer if GPS monitoring data related to the offender’s case is lost; when does mandatory pretrial monitoring violate due process; the constitutionality of a monitoring “Life Sentence;” whether tampering with a monitoring device is equivalent to an “escape;”and other controversies. This issue of Journal of Offender Monitoring focuses on how courts are ruling on cases that involve electronic monitoring. It includes the full text of all the articles listed above, with hyperlinks from table of contents entries to articles and linked article continuations, to facilitate reading.

Keywords: Super Intensive Supervision Program; warrantless placement of GPS device; Commonwealth v. Morasse; In re Randy J; In re Mikeal D; Jessica Lunsford; State v. Jordan; State v. Gapen; GPS as condition of probation; virtual parole officer

Affiliations:  1: Journal Editor.