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SATI e-News:
December 11, 2002
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LoJack
Meets Scotland Yard;
U.K. Considers Chip Implants to Track Sex Offenders |
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Amidst a dramatic increase in
reports of child sexual abuse, the British government
acknowledged it is considering surgical implantation of
electronic chips to track pedophiles through satellite
technology. The Observer has obtained documents
indicating that the Home Office has already approached Compaq to
develop the software, and Tracker--the British equivalent of
America's Lo-Jack vehicle monitoring network--to handle the
tracking component.
Hilary Benn, the Minister responsible for supervision of sex
offenders, confirmed the report, and told The Observer
that her department is already developing technology to track
pedophiles constantly. Civil rights groups were outraged to
learn of the proposals outlined in the memos, which range from
tracking the movements of the pedophile, to monitoring their
bodily functions if they could be found to predict criminal
activity. The plan has yet to be debated by the British
Parliament, according to a Home Office spokesman, implying that
the implementation of this technology is still in doubt.
Sources: "Brits Mull Chipping Sex Offenders," Wired News,
November 19, 2002.
"Surgical Tags Planned for Sex Offenders," The Observer,
November 17, 2002. |
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