The Cost-Effectiveness of Electronic Monitoring

Smeth, Angela. (Added Author). Hanby, Laura. (Added Author). Ridha, Thana. (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (distributor.).

Summary: 'The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) conducted a three-year national Electronic Monitoring (EM) Research Pilot to examine its effectiveness in promoting positive community outcomes for federal offenders while maintaining public safety. This report focuses on evaluating the cost-effectiveness of EM compared to traditional supervision (i.e., community supervision without EM) and whether EM demonstrates potential cost-savings relative to other management approaches (e.g., maintaining an offender in a Community Correctional Centre (CCC) or a community residential facility (CRF). In addition, this report also explored the time Parole Officers (POs) spent on EM related activities (e.g., making referrals, installing/removing EM devices, and managing and responding to alerts'--Executive summary, page iii.

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Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (64 pages).
Publisher: Ottawa, ON, CA: Correctional Service Canada, 2019.

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General Note:	Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Electronic monograph in PDF format.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.