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Electronic Monitoring is Dangerous (From America's Prisons: Opposing Viewpoints, P 222-229, 1991, Stacey L. Tipp, ed. - See NCJ-159858)

NCJ Number
159886
Author(s)
R A Ball; J R Lilly
Date Published
1991
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This article argues that electronic monitoring of offenders, used for offenders placed on home incarceration, poses a threat to personal liberty.
Abstract
Individual freedom is endangered because electronic devices, rather than community volunteers, are used to monitor the activities of offenders. While home incarceration can provide a cost-effective sentencing alternative for some offenders, the use of electronic monitoring equipment is an affront to personal privacy, and could be abused by the authorities in many ways. While alternative sanctions, such as home incarceration can relieve prison overcrowding, their use can also widen the net of social control.

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