Electronic monitoring and supervision: A comparative perspective

Beyens, Kristel

doi:10.1177/2066220317704130

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“…Due to its "chameleon" character, electronic monitoring is applied at different stages of involvement with the criminal justice system, used in different ways, with multiple goals and in a wide variety of criminal sanctions. This diversity is not exclusive to the Portuguese context, as it is also found in other countries (Beyens, 2017;Dünkel et al, 2017;Hucklesby et al, 2021).…”

Section: Electronic Monitoring In Portugal: Historical Background and Expansionmentioning

confidence: 57%

As Implicações Invisibilizadas do Tecno-Otimismo da Vigilância Eletrónica em Portugal

Granja

2021

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Nos últimos anos, a supervisão de ofensores nas comunidades tem-se vindo a constituir como uma nova faceta da paisagem penal na maioria dos países ocidentais, assistindo-se ao seu crescimento em escala, alcance e intensidade. Em Portugal, a par das penas e medidas na comunidade e das penas de prisão, destaca-se a vigilância eletrónica como forma de monitorizar ofensores. Este instrumento penal é associado a elevadas expectativas criadas por discursos políticos e mensagens mediáticas que retratam a vigilância eletrónica como um instrumento que permite reduzir a sobrelotação e a pressão sobre o sistema prisional e os custos associados. Ao mesmo tempo, também é argumentado que, ao manter os ofensores na comunidade, a vigilância eletrónica favorece igualmente a manutenção dos laços sociais, evita os potenciais efeitos criminógenos da prisão e facilita os processos de ressocialização. Neste artigo, inspirando-me nos estudos sociais da ciência e tecnologia e nos estudos da vigilância, exploro as implicações invisibilizadas do tecno-otimismo em torno da vigilância eletrónica em Portugal. Por via de análise documental, baseada em audições parlamentares, peças jornalísticas, artigos de opinião, relatórios oficiais e literatura científica, reflito sobre a forma como o tecno-otimismo tem invisibilizado a ampliação da malha penal; implicado a cooptação da família na esfera penal e a transmutação do espaço doméstico num espaço de reclusão; e, no que concerne à violência doméstica, a caracterização deste flagelo social como tendo uma solução tecnocientífica, estreitando, assim, o debate público sobre a sua prevenção.

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Section: Electronic Monitoring In Portugal: Historical Background and Expansionmentioning

confidence: 57%

As Implicações Invisibilizadas do Tecno-Otimismo da Vigilância Eletrónica em Portugal

Granja

2021

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“…The articles primarily focus on subjects such as recidivism (Anderson and Telle, 2019;Gable, 2007;Marklund and Holmberg, 2009) and compliance (Hucklesby, 2009); political trends and uses (in single countries or jurisdictions) (Beyens, 2017;Boone et al, 2017;Campello, 2017;Haverkamp and Woessner, 2016;Kensey et al, 2010;Laurie and Maglione, 2020;Nellis, 2005); costs and benefits of EM (Belur et al, 2020;Omori and Turner, 2015;Sukhodolov et al, 2017;Yang, 2017); the problem of net-widening (Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, 2015); social, economic, psychological and educational effects on offenders (Andersen and Andersen, 2014;Deuchar, 2012;Fallesen and Andersen, 2017;Schwedler and Woessner, 2017) and non-offenders' attitudes towards EM (Furnham et al, 2010;Hucklesby, 2011;Shahbazov, 2019). Meanwhile, some articles focus on technological development (Spalevic et al, 2016), privatizing trends in justice sanctions (Nellis, 2014;Paterson, 2007), issues of space and time relating to EM (Devresse, 2012a) and the ways EM affects an offender's environment (Devresse, 2012b).…”

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Punitiveness of electronic monitoring: Perception and experience of an alternative sanction

Richter

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Hostettler

2021

European Journal of Probation

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Electronic monitoring (EM) serves as an alternative sanction to incarceration. An important aspect that remains only scarcely debated in the literature is EM’s punitiveness and, more specifically, exactly how punitive EM is in comparison to different forms of incarceration. Responding to this gap, we propose a systematic meta-analysis of relevant studies that scrutinizes and compares different studies on EM and its punitive effects (or perceptions of its degree of punitiveness) in relation to incarceration. Ultimately, there is no simple and straightforward answer: EM’s level of punitiveness differs with the various sociodemographic variables of respondents included in the studies and the various characteristics of the penal system. It is necessary to assess the degree of punitiveness of EM to determine the conditions under and terms with which it should be applied, for example, as a humane substitute for incarceration or as an additional pain of the penal system.

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“…So measures tend to "expand" internationally. Although authors (such as Beyens andMcNeill, 2013: 157 or Robinson andMcNeill, 2016: 3) recommend taking into account in the comparisons the specific social and political context of each jurisdiction ("situated understanding").…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The versatility and tightness of electronic monitoring: A comparative perspective between Spain and Belgium

López-Riba

2023

Probation Journal

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Despite the fact that the use of electronic monitoring systems has grown across Europe and within each jurisdiction, comparative research on the matter is scarce. Previous studies have highlighted two relevant aspects. On one hand, the versatility of the measure, in the sense that different (even contradictory) objectives and functions can be attributed to it. On the other hand, the difficulty in measuring and comparing the intensity of its use in different countries. For these reasons, this work aims to compare the areas of implementation of electronic monitoring in two different countries: Spain and Belgium. By looking at the different uses of the measure, the objective is to demonstrate the premise electronic monitoring fits in various phases of the criminal proceeding. Moreover, the research also compares the punitiveness of the measure in both countries by making use of the elements highlighted by Hucklesby et al.. The findings show the difficulty of drawing definitive conclusions about its punitiveness mainly due to the adaptability of electronic monitoring.

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Electronic monitoring and supervision: A comparative perspective

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

As Implicações Invisibilizadas do Tecno-Otimismo da Vigilância Eletrónica em Portugal

As Implicações Invisibilizadas do Tecno-Otimismo da Vigilância Eletrónica em Portugal

Punitiveness of electronic monitoring: Perception and experience of an alternative sanction

The versatility and tightness of electronic monitoring: A comparative perspective between Spain and Belgium

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