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A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN CORRECTIONS
Author(s) -
Clear Todd R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1988.tb00862.x
Subject(s) - credibility , control (management) , business , term (time) , risk analysis (engineering) , public relations , computer security , political science , computer science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
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.