Defined Terms
Electronic Monitoring Device -
Technological Incarceration Project pioneered by the D ean of
Swinburne University's Law School in Melbourne
Below are extracts from
Internet of incarceration: How AI could put an end to prisons as we know them
- ABC News - 14 Aug 2017
"Key
points:
·
New technologies are
capable of providing automated surveillance of criminals at a fraction of
the expense of human surveillance.
· A proposed new system would be able to
provide a shock to offenders who are committing crimes.
· Under this system the main costs of
incarceration would be borne by the offender and his/her family."
The technology used in
these facial recognition cameras could be used to monitor offenders at
home
-
ABC News - 14 Aug 2017
Institute of Criminology website
Electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system concludes:
"The use of
electronic monitoring has the potential to improve the cost-effectiveness of
correctional programs, provide enhanced opportunities for offender
rehabilitation and extend the range of sentences available to the courts."
Dutch prisons view incarceration as a last resort and prefer the use of
alternative approaches, such as the use of
ankle bracelet monitoring systems ,
community service, fines and probation. With incarceration rates of less than
10% of convicted offenders, in comparison to 70% in the US, this method has
resulted in the overall prison population declining by 27% between 2011 and 2015
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Modern electronic tags are
cheap and effective. In a recent
study Rafael Di Tella of Harvard
University and Ernesto
Schargrodsky of Torcuato Di
Tella University compared the
effects of electronic tagging
versus prison for alleged
offenders in Buenos Aires. Earlier research had failed to
deal with the fact that
criminals who are tagged are
less likely to reoffend than the
more dangerous ones who are
locked up. The authors found a
way round this. Alleged
criminals in Argentina are
assigned randomly to judges for
pre-trial hearings. Liberal
judges are reluctant to hold
them in the country’s awful
jails, so they often order them
to be tagged. So-called mano dura (tough hand) judges
prefer to lock them up. The
researchers observed what
happened to similar offenders
under different regimes. Only
13% of those who were tagged
were later rearrested; for those
sent to prison the figure was
22% .
GPS tracking to be expanded to monitor parolees -
February 16, 2017 - Qld Govt