Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196620 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12122
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This research evaluates the impact of electronic monitoring as an alternative to prison on reoffending. Leveraging plausibly exogenous variation in sentencing outcomes generated by quasi- random assignment of judges, we find electronic monitoring reduces reoffending within 24 months by 16 percentage points compared to serving a prison sentence. For offenders who are less than 30, the reduction is 43 percentage points, with sizeable and significant reductions in reoffending persisting for 8 years. Our calculations suggest that criminal justice costs are reduced by around $30,000 for each eligible offender who serves their sentence under electronic monitoring rather than in prison.
Subjects: 
electronic monitoring
prison
reoffending
crime
JEL: 
K42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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