The cost-effectiveness of electronic monitoring / Angela Smeth, Laura Hanby, Thana Ridha & Shanna Farrell MacDonald.: PS83-3/430E-PDF
"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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| Department/Agency | Canada. Correctional Service Canada. Research Branch. |
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| Title | The cost-effectiveness of electronic monitoring / Angela Smeth, Laura Hanby, Thana Ridha & Shanna Farrell MacDonald. |
| Series title | Research report ; no. R-430 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Rapport coût-efficacité de la surveillance électronique. "August 2019." Issued by: Research Branch. Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-44). |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, Ontario : Correctional Service Canada = Service correctionnel Canada, 2019. |
| Author / Contributor | Smeth, Angela, author. Hanby, Laura, 1984- author. Ridha, Thana, author. Farrell MacDonald, Shanna, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (vii, 48 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Subject terms | Inmates Electronic monitoring Costs |
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