Penal Issues (2006->) juin 2003

ELECTRONIC MONITORING : ASSESSMENT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL PHASE

par Réné LÉVY, Pierre V. TOURNIER, Anna PITOUN, Annie KENSEY,

By René LÉVY, Pierre V. TOURNIER, Anna PITOUN (CESDIP), Annie KENSEY (executive office of the French Corrections Administration)

The present paper reports on a research on the initial phase of the implementation of electronic monitoring. The research project was conducted jointly by the Bureau des Études, de la Prospective et du Budget of the Corrections Department and the CESDIP.

The December 19, 1997 Act no. 97-1159 set up a new alternative to prison, electronic monitoring (EM, more familiarly known in France as the "bracelet électronique"). Since the technicalities of this measure are relatively complex and entail major changes in the work habits of the enforcement agencies, the executive office of the Corrections Department (Direction de l’Administration Pénitentiaire, or DAP) wished to test the new set-up on four pilot sites before extending it gradually to all French courts. The CESDIP was asked to evaluate the set-up, in collaboration with the DAP services.

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138.2 ko

PI 03/2003