The Use Of A Gps Tracking Device On Perpetrators Of...

The purpose of Allison’s Law, NC House Bill 740, is to start a pilot program conducted in Forsyth County, allowing the use of a GPS tracking device on perpetrators of domestic violence (H.R. 740, 2015). This bill’s primary sponsors include Representatives Donny Lambeth (R), Debra Conrad (R), Edward Hanes, Jr. (D), and Evelyn Terry (D). As of April 29, 2015, Allison’s Law has been referred to the committee on rules and operations and is awaiting action in the Senate (North Carolina General Assembly, 2016). In order to protect victims of domestic violence, Allison’s Law would require repeat offenders to wear a GPS tracking device. This device would be used to send a signal to the victim, as well as law enforcement, if the offender goes near a prohibited location (Faircloth, 2013). The Problem Domestic Violence can include many forms of abuse, such as verbal, psychological, emotional, financial, physical, sexual, or spiritual. In many relationships, there is a cycle of violence that repeats over and over. This cycle includes three phases: tension building, explosion, and honeymoon phase. During tension building, minor incidents of physical or emotional abuse may occur. The explosion phase includes more violent acts of abuse. During the honeymoon phase, the abuser may apologize or make promises that the abuse will never happen again. Because this cycle of violence repeats itself, abuse often escalates over time, sometimes leading to the murder of a victim (Domestic ViolenceShow MoreRelatedGps, Gsm And Zapper Circuit Based Women Safety System1856 Words   |  8 PagesAbstract Women’s security is a critical issue in today’s world and it’s very much needed for every individual to be acting over such an issue. This paper describes a â€Å"GPS, GSM and Zapper Circuit based women safety system† that provides the combination of GPS device specialized to track the location as well as provide alerts and messages with an emergency button trigger. It also contains shock mechanism to produce non-lethal electric shock in emergency situation. Our endeavour behind this paper is