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Main idea: House arrest is a kind of special and cheap penalty.
Supporting details: House arrest is a program, which used by criminal justice authorities to restrict offenders with a limited area for a certain period, and it can reduce the spending because it requires less institution confinement.
Paragraph 2
Main idea: House arrest was not accepted widely until people invented the electronic monitoring(EM)
Supporting details: House arrest was not accepted widely because of lacking of effective supervision, while electronic monitoring could solve this problem efficiently. In fact, 90% of offenders who were under house arrest were monitored by EM (electronic monitoring) in 2004.
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Main idea: Global positioning system (GPS) is a more advanced and …show more content…
Identifying Organizational patterns： The writer uses cause-effect, process, definition, compare-contrast and problem-solution in this article. The cause-effect in the paragraph 2 helps the author to clearly show the reason why house arrest did not initially gain widespread acceptance is it lacking effective supervision. The process in paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 help me efficiently understand how electronic monitoring and global positioning system work through some detailed processes. The definition in paragraph 1 define the “house arrest”, it really helps the reader like me who do not have related background information to understand this article better. The compare-contrast in the paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 shows that EM even has very limited function on some offenders, especially for some experienced offenders. It helps the author to show his worrying. The problem-solution in the paragraph 1 helps the author vividly shows house arrest can cut expenditure to the state because it can reduce institutional confinement.
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Response:
According to the article “ House Arrest, Electronic Monitoring, and Global Positioning Systems”, I learn some new information about house arrest, EM, and
Main idea: House arrest is a kind of special and cheap penalty.
Supporting details: House arrest is a program, which used by criminal justice authorities to restrict offenders with a limited area for a certain period, and it can reduce the spending because it requires less institution confinement.
Paragraph 2
Main idea: House arrest was not accepted widely until people invented the electronic monitoring(EM)
Supporting details: House arrest was not accepted widely because of lacking of effective supervision, while electronic monitoring could solve this problem efficiently. In fact, 90% of offenders who were under house arrest were monitored by EM (electronic monitoring) in 2004.
Paragraph 3
Main idea: Global positioning system (GPS) is a more advanced and …show more content…
Identifying Organizational patterns： The writer uses cause-effect, process, definition, compare-contrast and problem-solution in this article. The cause-effect in the paragraph 2 helps the author to clearly show the reason why house arrest did not initially gain widespread acceptance is it lacking effective supervision. The process in paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 help me efficiently understand how electronic monitoring and global positioning system work through some detailed processes. The definition in paragraph 1 define the “house arrest”, it really helps the reader like me who do not have related background information to understand this article better. The compare-contrast in the paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 shows that EM even has very limited function on some offenders, especially for some experienced offenders. It helps the author to show his worrying. The problem-solution in the paragraph 1 helps the author vividly shows house arrest can cut expenditure to the state because it can reduce institutional confinement.
3.
Response:
According to the article “ House Arrest, Electronic Monitoring, and Global Positioning Systems”, I learn some new information about house arrest, EM, and