INTRODUCTION The focus of the criminal justice system in Canada and all around the world for hundreds of years has been retributive justice. One of the main ideas has been you do the crime, you do the time. Thus, all of our prisons were beginning to fill up and exceed their capacity. This was a result of basically everyone who was found guilty of committing an offence under the criminal code, was sentenced to time …showed first 75 words of 5803 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5803 total…of electronic monitoring as an alternative to prison or jail time. Some people are stuck in the old retributive methods of sentencing offenders. On the other hand, some people just do not feel safe with these offenders living within the community and not behind jail walls. Hopefully, with the advancements of technology and more public education about the electronic monitoring program and its benefits, electronic monitoring will become even more effective and acceptable to society!