Since the 1980s, electronic monitoring has been successfully introduced in a number of countries worldwide. Much of the literature on electronic monitoring has been produced by officials and researchers directly involved in the implementation of experimental electronic monitoring programmes and has been subject to little critical scrutiny. This book addresses the broader factors in electronic monitoring's development. Drawing on recent developments in the sociology of punishment and crime control, this book will develop a critical criminological perspective on electronic monitoring in selective countries around the world.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: making sense of electronic monitoring, Mike Nellis, Kristel Beyens and Dan Kaminski, Part I, National experiences; 1. The limits of techno-utopianism: electronic monitoring in the United States of America, J. Robert Lilly and Mike Nellis, 2. The evolution of electronic monitoring in Canada: from corrections to sentencing and beyond, Suzanne Wallace-Capretta and Julian Roberts, 3. 'Parallel tracks': probation and electronic monitoring in England and Wales and Scotland, George Mair and Mike Nellis, 4. Extending the electronic net in Australia and New Zealand: developments in electronic monitoring down-under, Russell G. Smith and Anita Gibbs, 5. From voice verification to GPS tracking: the development of electronic monitoring in South Korea, Younoh Cho and Byung Bae Kim, 6. High level support and high level control: an efficient Swedish model of electronic monitoring? Inka Wennerberg, 7. From tagging to tracking: beginnings and devleopment of electronic monitoring in France, Rene Levy, 8. Is the sky the limit? Eagerness for electronic monitoring in Belgium, Kristel Beyens and Dan Kaminski, 9. Bars in your head: electronic monitoring in the Netherlands, Rene Van Swaaningen and Jolande Uit Beijerse, Part II, Debates; 10. Surveillance, stigma and spatial constraint: the ethical challenges of electronic monitoring, Mike Nellis, 11. Commercial crime control and the development of electronically monitored punishment: a global perspective, Craig Paterson, 12. Inside views: offender and staff experiences of electronically monitored curfew orders, Anthea Hucklesby, 13. Evaluative research on electronic monitoring, Marc Renzema.