Electronic Monitoring Tagging Offenders in a Culture of Surveillance

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Synopsis

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.  

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2020
Author:
Tom Daems
ISBN:
9783030340391
Related ISBNs:
9783030340384
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-01-22
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2020
Copyright by:
The Editor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies