Pretrial Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring: An Evaluation in Marion County, Indiana, 1988-1989

For this data collection a pretrial home detention program in Marion County, Indiana, that relied on electronic monitoring of clients was subjected to a nonexperimental evaluation. The data address whether the pretrial electronic monitoring program was effective in ensuring that clients appeared at their court hearings, whether the pretrial electronic monitoring program was effective in ensuring public safety, and the extent to which field contact officers experienced difficulties in attempting to contact clients. To gauge the success of the program, investigators compared the number of successful terminations (i.e., home detention followed by a court appearance) to the number of unsuccessful terminations (technical violations and absconding). Each client in the pretrial program was fitted with a coded wristlet that matched a base unit receptacle. A successful contact between the coded wristlet and the base unit verified the client's presence. Defendants on home detention were monitored by a field contact officer. Variables in this collection include charged offense, prior criminal history, living arrangements, employment status, number of telephone calls, summary of program violations, reason for program termination, program entry and termination dates, and disposition after program release. The unit of observation is the individual program client.

本数据集针对印第安纳州马里恩县一项依赖客户电子监控的审前家庭拘留项目（pretrial home detention program）开展了非实验性评估（nonexperimental evaluation）。该数据旨在探究审前电子监控项目（pretrial electronic monitoring program）是否有效确保客户出庭、是否有效保障公共安全，以及外勤联络官（field contact officer）在尝试联系客户时遭遇困难的程度。为评估项目成效，研究人员将成功终止（successful terminations）（即家庭拘留后出庭）的数量与不成功终止（unsuccessful terminations）（技术违规及潜逃）的数量进行对比。审前项目中的每位客户均佩戴与基座接收器（base unit receptacle）匹配的编码腕带（coded wristlet）。编码腕带与基座之间的成功连接可验证客户是否在场。家庭拘留的被告由外勤联络官监控。本数据集包含的变量有被控罪名、既往犯罪史、居住安排、就业状况、通话次数、项目违规摘要、项目终止原因、项目入组及终止日期，以及项目释放后的处置结果。观察单位为项目个体客户。