Do ankle tracking bracelets and alcohol monitoring devices really help lower crime? I saw a headline the other day about some star who got in trouble for drinking alcohol when she was on probation for some alcohol related crime. How stupid do you have to be to drink alcohol when you have a device on you monitoring your alcohol consumption? We have a murder case in Colorado where one of the suspect's alibi fell apart when they were able to prove, using tracking information from his ankle bracelet, that he wasn't where he said he was. Does it really take much brain power to figure out that if the police are constantly monitoring you, you may not get away with killing someone? So, in my mind, this calls into question the effectiveness of such monitoring devices. Do they really lower crime? Is it really a reasonable alternative to putting them in jail?
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Maybe it's cheaper. I don't know if it would lower crime, cuz the two examples you stated makes me think they're not much of a deterrant. I don't know much else about them, except that movie... what was it? Where you were paired up with somebody and if you crossed the line both your heads would explode or something? Remember? So somehow these two guys figured out they were "partners" and escaped and they had to stay within 10 feet of each other or something...
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
Are those situations making headlines because they're so unusual? I'd imagine that most people behave themselves when they're being tracked. But there will be some small portion of people who just don't get it and never change their behavior.
what is an alcohol monitor device? Are they available to the public? I'd really like to have one I could apply to certain people when they come to my house. Is there a way to check to see that people are drunk without them knowing you're checking?
--Ray
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Yeah, go up and say, "Oh, there's something in your eye... let me get it," and then smell their breath. If their head's slightly back and they aren't focused on anything chances are they're gonna' lose their balance, too.
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I was wondering what benefit there is in having a whole system to track an ankle... the other million dollar question is what is the alcohol monitoring...
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