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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Publication information
Department/Agency Correctional Service Canada. Research Branch.
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
Electronic document
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.
Catalogue number
  • PS83-3/430E-PDF
Subject terms Inmates
Electronic monitoring
Costs
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