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A Critical Assessment Of Electronic Monitoring In Corrections

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Electronic monitoring is a recent advance in information gathering for correctional program administration. To be effective in achieving correctional goals, electronic monitors must be applied to offenders when there is some risk of performance problem. Advocates of electronic monitoring argue they can promote public safety, save tax dollars, and enhance correctional performance. Because corrections systems find it so difficult to innovate with offenders who represent a risk to society, these claims are overstated. Electronic monitoring raises short‐term concerns concerning damage to correctional program credibility and long‐term concerns about the enhancement of social control.

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  • Todd R. Clear, 1988. "A Critical Assessment Of Electronic Monitoring In Corrections," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 7(3), pages 671-681, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:7:y:1988:i:3:p:671-681
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1988.tb00862.x
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