If they step off the straight and narrow or if they cut the satellite-tracked connection to justice officials, thieves can be tracked and nabbed quickly. Results of electronic monitoring, or "tagging" as it is called, in other jurisdictions have been mixed. First used in British Columbia in 1987, three provinces have found offenders tagged complied with the rules, and the vast majority were not thrown back into jail for breaches while wearing the bracelets. But recidivism rates were no different from those of similar offenders released without tags.