This book offers a systematic, sociological and penological exploration of the most up-to-date uses of electronic tagging (also known as electronic monitoring). With increasingly overcrowded prisons, electronic tagging has been proposed as an alternative form of punishment, and interest in this topic is growing throughout Europe. Current debates and research have often been limited to policy evaluation and effectiveness, whereas Electronic Monitoring examines the brand of punishment from a social-science perspective. This book explores the uses and history of electronic tagging, and draws upon the work of the Dutch criminologist Willem Nagel to reflect upon this form of punishment by examining its functions and dysfunctions. It speaks to those interested in criminal justice reform, surveillance, penology and penal innovation and probation.

Examines electronic tagging/monitoring from an original perspective Contributes to the field of research on electronic tagging as an alternative form of punishment Speaks to academics and practitioners interested in alternative sanctions and probation

Autorentext

Tom Daems is Associate Professor at the Leuven Institute of Criminology, KU Leuven, Belgium. Previously he was Assistant Professor in Criminology and Sociology of Law at Ghent University. He has been a visiting scholar at the Universities of Edinburgh and Nottingham, as well as at the London School of Economics.

Inhalt

1. Electronic Monitoring in a Culture of Surveillance.- 2. Functions of Electronic Monitoring: A to H.- 3. Functions of Electronic Monitoring: I to W.- 4. Defamiliarizing Electronic Monitoring.