Bosnian and American Students' Attitudes Toward Electronic Monitoring: Is It About What We Know or Where We Come From?

This study finds that while students are largely supportive of electronic monitoring sentences, support is affected by offender type and student nationality. For example, Bosnian students are more supportive of electronic monitoring sentences for drug offenders while American students are more supportive of electronic monitoring sentences for juvenile offenders. Differences were also found across student groups when attitudes toward electronic monitoring and the costs and pains associated with electronic monitoring were assessed. Specifically, American students were less likely to view electronic monitoring as meeting the goals of rehabilitation and more likely to view the conditions and restrictions associated with electronic monitoring as being punitive than Bosnian students were. Implications from these findings, as well as limitations and suggestions for further research are discussed.

Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - May 7, 2015 Category: Criminology Authors: Muftić, L. R., Payne, B. K., Maljević, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research