Electronic Monitoring Should Be Better Targeted to the Most Dangerous Offenders
Author: Marti Harkness.; Richard Dolan.; Rose Cook.; Brian Underhill.
Source: Volume 18, Number 01, Winter/Spring 2005 , pp.5-8(4)
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Abstract:
The Florida Legislature tasked a team of researchers from its Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to study the state’s use of electronic monitoring. OPPAGA’s conclusion: the Florida DOC should shift its monitoring focus away from low-risk offenders (at the time 70% of those on EM) and toward the monitoring of habitual and sex offenders. Their full report, findings, and conclusions are presented here.Keywords: Effectiveness of EM; Benefits of Active GPS; Surveillance Value
Affiliations:
1: Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (Florida Legislature); 2: OPPAGA; 3: OPPAGA; 4: OPPAGA.