Penalty device for criminal offenders
US5193365A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T70/404
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
As an alernative to incarceration or supervised parole/probation, and following the burgeoning home detention philsophy, the penalty device would provide a humane, relatively inexpensive, court directed, rehabilitative/monitoring measure for non-violent criminal offenders. The device would consist of a rigid sleeve of heavy gauge plastic or metal which is locked in place around a criminal offender's forearm by a locking mechanism. The penalty device would be a court ordered stipulation or unsupervised parole or probation. The device would not only constitute appropriate requital for many offenses, but would additionally serve to identify certain offenders to law enforcement personnel and the public in general.
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