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9 Eur. J. Probation 3 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/eurjp9 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial E JP European Journal of Probation 2017, Vol. 9(I) 3-10 Electronic monitoring and © The Author(s) 2017 Reprints and permissions: supervision: A comparative sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/2066220317704130 perspective journals.sagepub.com/home/ejp OSAGE Kristel Beyens Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Research Group Crime & Society (CRiS), Belgium Abstract The use of electronic monitoring (EM) has grown rapidly in Europe and elsewhere and is likely to continue to do so. EM is a technological tool that allows to monitor the location of individuals via an electronic ankle tag, to track the movements of individuals either in real time or retrospectively. This special issue of the European Journal of Probation focuses on the relationship of EM with supervision in four jurisdictions (Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands and Scotland) and the question whether EM is mainly used as a stand-alone order or as an integrated measure; that is, alongside other supervisory conditions. It also contains a contribution with an initial round up of Australian experiences with EM. Introduction to the special issue The use of electronic monitoring (EM) has grown rapidly in Europe and elsewhere and is likely to continue to do so. EM is a technological tool, which allows one to monitor the location of individuals via an electronic ankle tag, with radio-frequency technology as the most commonly used technology. Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies track the movements of individuals either in real time or retrospectively. EM can be used at all stages of the criminal justice process: pre-trial, as a sentence, as early release from prison and post-sentence. Despite EM's growing significance in the penal landscape empirical research on the operation of EM remains scarce and most studies or commentaries are based on single jurisdictions. Nellis et al. (2013) is the first international compilation that provides in- depth descriptions and analysis of how EM is employed in single jurisdictions enabling common themes to be drawn together. In addition, cross-jurisdictional surveys have been undertaken regularly by the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) (Beumer and Kylstad Oster, 2016; Pinto and Nellis, 2011) and the Council of Europe (Nellis, 2015). Corresponding author: Kristel Beyens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Criminology, Research Group Crime & Society (CRiS), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium. Email: Kristel.Beyens@vub.ac.be

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