Doh, nobody assumed they "invented" anything. I did assume though that even the average Joe would be able to understand that what they are doing here is applying the concept at a different level. I'm sorry, I thought you would get that.
Find this "Promise extends the scale and effectiveness of community supervision by balancing human touch and technology to improve long-term outcomes." http://joinpromise.com/#how I can't find anything like that on Wikipedia. Can you help?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_probation