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Author: La Vigne, Nancy

Title: Evaluating the Use of Radio Frequency Identification Device Technology to Prevent and Investigate Sexual Assault and Related Acts of Violence in a Women's Prison

Summary: The application of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology to prevent inmate misconduct in a women's prison in Cleveland, Ohio was evaluated. An interrupted time series design was employed to analyze administrative data. Interviews were conducted with 89 inmates and 21 correctional and investigative staff. A process evaluation that that the advanced applications of the RFID system theorized to prevent inmate misconduct were not initiated. The resulting study evaluates RFID when employed at its most basic level as a perimeter control device and aid in investigations and finds that rates of inmate misconduct did not change significantly over the evaluation period.

Details: Washington, DC: Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center, 2009. 80p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 25, 2018 at: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/30706/411972-Evaluating-the-Use-of-Radio-Frequency-Identification-Device-Technology-to-Prevent-and-Investigate-Sexual-Assault-and-Related-Acts-of-Violence-in-a-Women-s-Prison.PDF

Year: 2009

Country: United States

URL: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/30706/411972-Evaluating-the-Use-of-Radio-Frequency-Identification-Device-Technology-to-Prevent-and-Investigate-Sexual-Assault-and-Related-Acts-of-Violence-in-a-Women-s-Pri

Shelf Number: 117093

Keywords:
Electronic Monitoring of Inmates
Female Inmates (Ohio)
Inmate Misconduct
Prisoner Sexual Assault
Surveillance of Inmates