Pretrial Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring: An Evaluation in Marion County, Indiana, 1988-1989 (ICPSR 9734)

Version Date: Mar 4, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Michael G. Maxfield; Terry L. Baumer

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09734.v1

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Summary

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.

Citation

Maxfield, Michael G., and Baumer, Terry L. Pretrial Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring:  An Evaluation in Marion County, Indiana, 1988-1989. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-03-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09734.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (89-IJ-CX-0025)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1988 -- 1989

Date of Collection

1988-07 -- 1989-07
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Universe

All nonviolent offenders in Marion County, Indiana, during 1988-1989.

Data Source

Marion County Justice Agency intake documents, criminal history records, field and telephone court logs, court disposition and sentencing records, and interviews with program staff, judges, and prosecutors

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Original Release Date

1992-03-04

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Maxfield, Michael G., and Terry L. Baumer. Pretrial Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring: An Evaluation in Marion County, Indiana, 1988-1989. ICPSR09734-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09734.v1

1992-03-04 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Standardized missing values.
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.