A Systematic Review of the Electronic Monitoring of Offenders

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Abstract

This presentation provides the results of a systematic review of the evidence on the effectiveness of electronic monitoring (EM) of offenders. It outlines the questions that the review intended to answer and the methods through which relevant studies were identified, appraised and synthesised. Guided by the recently established EMMIE framework (Johnson, Tilley and Bowers 2015), the review had three broad aims: 1) to establish whether the EM of offenders has been found to be effective as a method of reducing crime; 2) to investigate how, in what form(s), and under what conditions the EM of offenders has been found to be effective, ineffective, and/or to produce unintended negative effects; and 3) to collate information on the implementation and costs of electronically monitoring offenders. The review combined meta-analysis, typically associated with Cochrane and Campbell Collaboration systematic reviews, and realist synthesis in the tradition of other reviews conducted under the purview of the What Works Centre for Crime Reduction, hosted by the UK College of Policing.

Authors

• Jyoti Belur, University College London, UK

• Amy Thornton, University College London, UK

• Lisa Tompson, University College London, UK

• Aiden Sidebottom, University College London, UK

• Shane Johnson, University College London, UK

• Kate Bowers, University College London, UK

• Nick Tilley, University College London, UK