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The radiation mechanisms responsible for the multiwavelength emission from relativistic jet sources are poorly understood. The modeling of the spectral energy distributions and light curves alone is not adequate to distinguish between existing models. Polarization in the X-ray and γ-ray regime of these sources may provide new and unique information about the jet physics and radiation mechanisms. Several upcoming projects will be able to deliver polarimetric measurements of the brightest X-ray sources, including active galactic nuclei jets and γ-ray bursts. This article describes the development of a new Monte Carlo code-MAPPIES (Monte Carlo Applications for Partially Polarized Inverse External-Compton Scattering)-for polarization-dependent Compton scattering in relativistic jet sources. Generic results for Compton polarization in the Thomson and Klein-Nishina regimes are presented.