Use of Electronic Monitoring With Juvenile Intensive Supervision Programs (From Intensive Interventions With High-Risk Youths, P 189-209, 1991, Troy L Armstrong, ed. -- See NCJ-129819)

• NCJ Number: 129825
• Author(s): J B Vaughn
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 21 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

After describing the technology of electronic monitoring and the experience with its use for adult offenders, this paper presents the results from a survey of nine juvenile intensive supervision programs (ISP's) that use electronic monitoring.

Abstract

The survey encompassed program objectives, eligibility criteria, participant profiles, monitoring and supervision procedures, program statistics, program costs, monitoring equipment, program problems, and program benefits. The survey concludes that the anticipated problems with juvenile electronic monitoring have not occurred. In most programs the failure rate for those under electronic monitoring was less than the normal rate for the target populations. Although the rate of equipment damage was greater in some programs for juveniles than in those for adults, the damage was still at a tolerable level and less than anticipated. There is no evidence that juveniles were stigmatized by wearing the equipment. One lesson learned from the adult programs is that an agency should carefully consider why it wants to use the technology before the program is implemented. If the only stated objective is to reduce institutional populations, most programs will be assessed as failures. 1 table and 20 references