Losing the Stigma of Incarceration
Andersen, Lars Hojsgaard![Losing the Stigma of Incarceration](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/165/16588604/CHSBZCOP0316588604.jpg)
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 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 marginalisation. The small existing empirical literature...