The author(s) shown below used Federal funding provided by the U.S. Department of Justice to prepare the following resource: Document Title: Geospatial Monitoring of Community- Released Offenders: An Analytics Market Survey, Version 2.0 Author(s): Harold I. Heaton Document Number: 250371 Date Received: November 2016 Award Number: 2013-MU-CX-K111 This resource has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. This resource is being made publically available through the Office of Justice Programs’ National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Please see NCJ 249889 for complimentary information concerning location-based offender tracking technologies. AOS-15-1437 October 2016 NIJ RT&E Center Project 14-1 GEOSPATIAL MONITORING OF COMMUNITY- RELEASED OFFENDERS: AN ANALYTICS MARKET SURVEY Version 2.0 Harold I. Heaton Prepared for: The National Institute of Justice Prepared by: The National Criminal Justice Technology Research, Test, and Evaluation Center The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd. Laurel, MD 20723-6099 Task No.: FGSGJ Contract No.: 2013-MU-CX-K111/115912 This project was supported by Award No. 2013-MU-CX-K111, awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice. This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. CONTENTS Page Tables ............................................................................................................................................. iv Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ v 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Prior Survey of NIJ-funded Geospatial Software Tools ............................................... 2 2. Design and Purpose of the Commercial Market Survey ......................................................... 4 2.1 Preliminary Identification of Candidate Vendors ......................................................... 5 2.2 Commercial Vendors Contacted ................................................................................... 6 2.3 Responses to the Market Survey ................................................................................... 7 3. Product Purpose and Installation Information ...................................................................... 10 3.1 SAS Targeting Framework ......................................................................................... 10 3.2 Sentinel Visualizer, Ver. 7 .......................................................................................... 11 3.3 INTELLITRACK, Ver. 1 ............................................................................................ 11 3.4 VeriTracks, Ver. 11..................................................................................................... 12 3.5 BI Analytics: Risk-based Dashboard Analytics Suite ................................................ 13 3.6 GeoTime, Ver. 5.6 ...................................................................................................... 14 3.7 EM Manager ............................................................................................................... 14 4. Performance Characteristics and Validation Approach ........................................................ 16 4.1 SAS Targeting Framework ......................................................................................... 16 4.2 Sentinel Visualizer, Ver. 7 .......................................................................................... 17 4.3 INTELLITRACK, Ver. 1 ............................................................................................ 17 4.4 VeriTracks, Ver. 11..................................................................................................... 18 4.5 BI Analytics: Risk-based Dashboard Analytics Suite ................................................ 18 4.6 GeoTime, Ver. 5.6 ...................................................................................................... 19 4.7 EM Manager ............................................................................................................... 19 5. Analyses Performed by the Product ...................................................................................... 21 5.1 SAS Targeting Framework ......................................................................................... 21 5.2 Sentinel Visualizer, Ver. 7 .......................................................................................... 23 5.3 INTELLITRACK, Ver. 1 ............................................................................................ 24 Offender Tracking Version 2.0 10/20/2016 Page ii This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. 5.4 VeriTracks, Ver. 11..................................................................................................... 24 5.5 BI Analytics: Risk-based Dashboard Analytics Suite ................................................ 26 5.6 GeoTime, Ver. 5.6 ...................................................................................................... 27 5.7 EM Manager ............................................................................................................... 28 6. Data Formatting and Information Exchange ......................................................................... 31 6.1 SAS Targeting Framework ......................................................................................... 31 6.2 Sentinel Visualizer, Ver. 7 .......................................................................................... 32 6.3 INTELLITRACK, Ver. 1 ............................................................................................ 33 6.4 VeriTracks, Ver. 11..................................................................................................... 33 6.5 BI Analytics: Risk-based Dashboard Analytics Suite ................................................ 34 6.6 GeoTime, Ver. 5.6 ...................................................................................................... 35 6.7 EM Manager ............................................................................................................... 35 7. Requirements for Host-Agency Computing Systems ........................................................... 38 7.1 Operating System Requirements................................................................................. 38 7.2 RAM, Processor Speed and Hard-Disk Storage ......................................................... 38 7.3 Graphics Board and Display Requirements ................................................................ 39 7.4 Software Utilization Options ...................................................................................... 39 8. Operator/Analyst Education and Training Requirements ..................................................... 41 8.1 Minimum Education and Training Requirements to Set-up/Operate the Product ...... 41 8.2 Number of Training Hours Needed to Set-up/Operate the Product ............................ 41 8.3 Minimum Educational/Experience Requirements for Interpreting Results ................ 42 8.4 Required Familiarity with Supporting Software ......................................................... 42 8.5 Available Documentation and Training Aids ............................................................. 43 9. Summary, ISSUES, and Recommendations ......................................................................... 45 9.1 Principal End-User Information Needs ....................................................................... 45 9.2 Role of Analytics in Corrections................................................................................. 47 9.3 Potentially Enabling Analytics Capabilities ............................................................... 48 10. References ............................................................................................................................. 50 Appendix A. Published Request for Information ...................................................................... A–1 Appendix B. Abbreviations and Acronyms ................................................................................ B–1 Offender Tracking Version 2.0 10/20/2016 Page iii This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies