Losing the Stigma of Incarceration: Does Serving a Sentence with Electronic Moni: The Rockwool Foundation Research Unit. Study Paper No. 40 - Softcover

Andersen, Lars Hojsgaard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8790199677 ISBN 13: 9788790199678

Publisher: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2012

Synopsis

Many Western countries now use electronic monitoring (EM) of some offenders as an alternative to more traditional forms of punishments, such as imprisonment. While the main reason for introducing EM is due to the growing prison population, politicians and administrators also believe that this type of punishment achieves a positive effect by reducing recidivism and the probability of post-release marginalization. The small existing empirical literature on the effect of EM finds mixed support for this belief, but is, however, based on very small sample sizes. This study paper examines the causal effect of EM on social benefit dependency after the sentence has been served. It uses administrative data from Statistics Denmark that include information on all Danish offenders who have served their sentence under EM rather than in prison. It compares post-release dependency rates for this group with outcomes for a historical control group of convicted offenders who would have served their sentences with EM had the option been available - i.e. who are identical to the EM group on all observed and unobserved characteristics.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Southern Denmark
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8790199677
• ISBN 13: 9788790199678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32