01209nam a2200181   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720001050005533006620016046100710082260600290089360600170092260600080093970000230094770100230097070100240099385200100101721949  a20090218c2006       y0pory50      ba  aeng  aUnder surveillanceean empirical test of the effectiveness and consequences of electronic monitoring  aThis study addresses the effectiveness of electronic monitoring (EM) for serious offenders supervised in the community. Using data on 75,661 offenders placed on home confinement in Florida from 1998 to 2002, we find that both radio-frequency and global positioning system monitoring significantly reduce the likelihood of technical violations, reoffending, and absconding for this population of offenders. Additionally, we find that offenders placed on home confinement with EM are significantly more serious than those placed on home confinement without EM, which casts doubt on the anticipated net-widening effect of this particular intermediate sanction.  vV.5,n.1dFeb. 2006pp.61-92tCriminology & Public PolicycNew York  aDIREITO PROCESSUAL PENAL  aCRIMINOLOGIA  aEUA  aPADGETTbKathy G.   aBALESbWilliam D.   aBLOMBERGbThomas G.  jP.323