Bringing Balance to the Criminal Justice System

Whitman, Christine Todd

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“…It leads to the fourth phase, agenda resolution, where a judge or legislative body makes the decision about the political issue. The politicization of electronic monitoring led states such as New Jersey to eliminate their electronic monitoring programs (Whitman, 1998). Other states, such as Virginia, and the federal government passed Truth in Sentencing legislation that has had a direct impact on the way electronic monitoring programs function (Payne and Gainey, 1998b).…”

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“…It is without a doubt a testament to the usefulness of alternative sanctions that they have survived while facing such political obstacles. States that had eliminated electronic monitoring programs are now redeveloping ''new and improved'' electronic monitoring programs (Whitman, 1998). In a speech to the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman (1998) said, ''We are reinstituting our electronic monitoring program for certain prisoners, a cost effective experiment abandoned a few years ago because of security breaches.…”

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Electronic Monitoring

Payne

Gainey

2000

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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Electronic monitoring programs were developed roughly fifteen years ago with the aim of reducing jail and prison populations. Since then, a number of issues have surfaced, some of which have been resolved in ways that have strengthened the usefulness of electronic monitoring. Others, however, remain unresolved and threaten to weaken this controversial sanction. Using a conceptual framework that can be used to evaluate most any correctional program, this paper traces the development of electronic monitoring programs in the United States and addresses the philosophical, systemic, and political issues that have surfaced. Ways to address the unresolved issues are also considered. We suggest that awareness about electronic monitoring on several levels will strengthen the utility and versatility of the sanction. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: Website: ]

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Section: Political Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Political Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%