An Approach of Electronic Monitoring Implementation for Offenders in Thailand

Abstract

The purposes of this article “An Approach of Electronic Monitoring Implementation for Offenders in Thailand” was conducted to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the Electronic Monitoring System and to assess the possibility of electronic monitoring implementation for offenders in Thailand.
The results found that, from 18 countries where the Electronic Monitoring System has been used, there were some advantages; for example, it reflected the social responsibility for criminal problems, eliminated the overcrowded prisons and the stigma to offenders, strengthened the offenders’ family relationship, and released the offenders’ tension from being controlled in the prison so they had better relationship with prison officers, and, in turn, make the whole society safe. However, there were some disadvantages of the Electronic Monitoring System, for example, it caused the offenders’ family have stress that might lead to family violence, intervened the offenders’ family life and personal time, broke down the offenders’ self-confidence and self-respect for their family members and surrounding people, and the offenders encountered more conditions than the normal probation. For the implementation of the Electronic Monitoring using in Thailand, it was suitable for remand offender, convicted prisoners who have not more than 3 years sentence term or fine not more than 60,000 Baht, first time offender, non criminal behavior offender, and specific prisoners such as elder, women and juvenile delinquent.