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Advancing electronic monitoring in Scotland: Understanding the influences of localism and professional ideologies
Advancing electronic monitoring in Scotland: Understanding the influences of localism and professional ideologies

Author(s): Hannah Graham, Gill McIvor
Subject(s): Criminology, Social Norms / Social Control, Penal Policy
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Electronic monitoring, criminal justice work; localism; practitioner research; professional ideologies; tagging;

Summary/Abstract: Scotland has one of the highest prison population rates in western Europe, coinciding with a recent growth in interest in electronic monitoring (EM) as a potential mechanism for diversion and decarceration. Scotland also has a relatively sophisticated suite of community sanctions and measures – from which court-imposed and prison-imposed EM orders have, for 15 years, been largely kept separate, until now. There are plans for integration, with new EM technologies and modalities to be introduced. This article analyses the perspectives of Scottish practitioners and decision-makers regarding current stand-alone uses of EM, canvassing relevant jurisdictional findings from within a larger European cross-national comparative research project. It reveals localised, institutional and professional differences in the Scottish criminal justice field. Our analysis demonstrates that Scottish practitioners want more integration in principle, but forewarns that the extent of their support may partly depend on how and by whom this is done in practice.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 62-79
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English