Emerging technologies will soon be central elements of technocorrections. Describe and define technocorrections and discuss the three central elements that it contains

Question

In your opinion, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Explain and support your opinion with facts.

Answer 1

Technocorrections is being defined by a correctional establishment that seeks to take advantage of all the potential offered by the new technologies to reduce the costs of supervising criminal offenders and to minimize the risk they pose to society. The three elements are:
Tracking and location systems -Electronic tracking and location systems are the technology that is perhaps most familiar to correctional practitioners today. Most states use electronic monitoring—either with the older bracelets that communicate through a device connected to telephone lines or with more modern versions based on cellular or satellite tracking.
Pharmacological treatments -Pharmacological breakthroughs—new "wonder drugs" being developed to control behavior in correctional and non-correctional settings— will also be a part of technocorrections. It is only a matter of time before research findings in this area lead to the development of drugs to control neurobiological processes.
Risk-assessment technologies - Corrections officials today are familiar with the DNA profiling of offenders, particularly sex offenders. Emerging as a powerhouse of the high-tech economy, the biotechnology industry will drive developments in DNA-based risk assessment.