Electronic Monitoring

Abstract

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: <getinfo@haworthpressinc.com> Website: <http://www. HaworthPress.com>]

GPS‐Electronic Monitoring and Contemporary Penology: A Case Study of US GPS‐Electronic Monitoring Programmes

“…The first electronic monitoring (EM) programmes were developed in Florida and New Mexico in the early 1980s as an alternative to incarceration (Payne and Gainey 2000, p.94). These programmes focused on low‐risk offenders and were promoted on the logic that prison represented an expensive and ineffective sanction for non‐violent offenders who present minimal social risk (Schulz 1995, p.27).…”

Sustainable Policy Measures Based on Implementation of Digital Technologies in Corrections: Exploratory Study from Slovakia and Beyond

“…Solid, in-depth empirical surveys have only been conducted in a small number of European countries and are very country-specific (e.g., [25] in Belgium and [26][27][28] in England and Wales). Similar surveys were conducted outside Europe, in the USA (e.g., [6,7,13]), New Zealand [29,30], Israel [31,32] and Argentina [33]). The above mentioned studies provide a rather narrow basis for this relatively large issue, while we did not find any study related to assessment of sustainable policy measures based on implementation of digital technologies in corrections.…”

“…A further problem to be "fixed" is public confidence, namely the public perception of safety when offenders are released back into the community [38] (pp. [5][6]. There is evidence from the literature (inter alia [4,27,[39][40][41]) that EM brings socio-economic benefits and contributes to individual and institutional sustainability in this matter.…”

“…One of the more intriguing experiments in criminal justice reform is the replacement of incarceration by mandatory electronic monitoring (EM) based on using different types of digital technologies [5][6][7]. EM is mainly used to detain, restrict or monitor.…”

Exploring the Impact of an AVRS Curfew Program on Recidivism of Juvenile Probationers in Korea

“…An increased level of supervision may lead to an increased chance of being arrested and punished instead of reducing recidivism (Corbett & Marx, 1991; Vaughn, 1991). Payne and Gainey (2000) claimed that the longer subjects are supervised in the community, the more likely they are to receive warning tickets or revocation because of violation of program conditions. However, in the current study, technical violations such as warning tickets or revocation of probation were not used as outcome variables for the purpose of reducing the effect of net-widening of AVRS curfew program.…”