The effectiveness of the served electronic supervision in the opinion of the convicted men
The effectiveness of the served electronic supervision in the opinion of the convicted men

Summary/Abstract: In the subject literature it is emphasised that completion of the penalty of deprivationof liberty is not an effective way to prevent former convicts from committing subsequentoffences. Thus, an endeavour is being made to find the alternatives to isolationpenalty, at which point electronic supervision on the convicts is indicated. Although the provisionsof law pertaining to such solution are quite clear, the data pertaining to its effects arenot so extensive. In connection therewith, the research was undertaken to reveal the opinionsof men serving the penalty of deprivation of liberty on the issue of effectiveness of supervisionimposed on them in the past. As part of the research, both diagnostic survey method andauthor’s own questionnaire were used. It involved 229 men who had been previously underthe electronic supervision and are in the conditions of penitentiary isolation at the time ofresearch. The obtained results of the study confirm the advantage of positive opinions ofthe convicts about the supervision carried out. This subjective assessment, however, does notfully coincide with the objective one, carried out in the perspective of returning to prison andthe relatively low nuisance of electronic supervision which is treated as a punishment. Theyencourage to reflect on the detailed diagnosis of the accused persons being conducted priorto the imposition of electronic supervision pursuant to court decision.

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