Convicted Drunk Drivers in an Electronic Monitoring Program: A Preliminary Study

Shannon M. Barton, Sudipto Roy

Indiana State University - Terre Haute, USA

Abstract:

In the United States, electronic monitoring home detention programs were officially started in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 1984. Researchers have been assessing these programs since late 1980s. However, little attention has been paid to the impact of these programs on convicted drunk drivers. This study focuses on drunk drivers sentenced to electronic monitoring home detention program in a southwestern Indiana county from January 2002 to December 2003. Specifically, the objective of this study is to examine the characteristics of program participants and their exit status.

Keyword:

Drunk Drivers; Electronic monitoring; Research;