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British Journal of Criminology Advance Access first published online on May 18, 2006
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British Journal of Criminology, doi:10.1093/bjc/azl026
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MAKING YOUR HOME A SHELTER: Electronic Monitoring and Victim Re-entry in Domestic Violence Cases

Edna Erez 1 * and Peter R. Ibarra 2

1 Department of Justice Studies 113 Bowman Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
2 Department of Sociology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA 13244

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Edna Erez, E-mail: eerez{at}kent.edu


  Abstract

The development of bilateral electronic monitoring (BEM) exemplifies how shifts in the "culture of crime control" (Garland, 2001), including a focus on domestic violence (DV) victims’ emotional welfare and integration into proceedings, can alter abused partners’ everyday lives. As a protective strategy, BEM provides DV victims with an alternative to relocating to a shelter. The subjective sense of safety engendered by program involvement emerges gradually, as everyday environments are re-evaluated in light of an estranged partner’s absence; through social interactions with family members, friends, and justice agents; and as the understanding of what it means to be "protected" develops. The use of BEM technology to promote victim welfare rather than as a strictly evidentiary tool suggests that this expression of the new paradigm of justice is oriented toward victim re-entry into civil society.

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