We have seen how electronic monitoring is put to different uses in various jurisdictions around Europe, but why might it be used in these sorts of ways, and how well suited it is to these purposes? In this video Ed Wright and Dr David Hayes will be discussing some of the advantages and disadvantages of electronic monitoring and the effectiveness of electronic monitoring for two of the most important penal objectives: retributive punishment and the rehabilitation of offenders.
In particular, they discuss the advantages and disadvantages of:
- Looking at EM as a straightforward alternative punishment to imprisonment
- Using EM to rehabilitate offenders by encouraging them to think about what they have done
- Using EM as a way of restraining the offender whilst keeping them in their social context
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