@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12122,
            	author={Williams, Jenny and Weatherburn, Don},
            	title={Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending?},
            	year={2019},
	month={Jan},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={12122},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12122},
	abstract={This research evaluates the impact of electronic monitoring as an alternative to prison on reoffending. Leveraging plausibly exogenous variation in sentencing outcomes generated by quasi- random assignment of judges, we find electronic monitoring reduces reoffending within 24 months by 16 percentage points compared to serving a prison sentence. For offenders who are less than 30, the reduction is 43 percentage points, with sizeable and significant reductions in reoffending persisting for 8 years. Our calculations suggest that criminal justice costs are reduced by around $30,000 for each eligible offender who serves their sentence under electronic monitoring rather than in prison.},
	keywords={reoffending;prison;electronic monitoring;crime},
            }