Surveillance and Control in the Community Obie Lee Dubose III CJUS 335 – Corrections Theory and Practice Fall 2013

Introduction  Civil Liberties & Community Safety in relation to Drug Use  Electronic Monitoring  Correctional Surveillance  High School Drug Testing  Positive Surveillance Practices

Civil Liberties & Community Safety in relation to Drug Use Civil Liberties  Are Civil Rights and Freedoms granted to the individuals within the country specific rights.  Rights to liberty and security  Rights to Privacy  Freedom of conscience, religion, expression, press, assembly and association and so forth. Community Safety's  Promotes injury prevention activities  Community conducts comprehensive problem identification  Improve community safety programs  The opportunity to commit offenses is restricted by community surveillance or by involving known juvenile offenders in structured, supervised, and productive activities.

Trade-offs that involve Civil Liberties & Community Safety practices  Racial profiling of suspects using drugs  Violations to the Bill of Rights  Customs Service rectal searches  Life in prison for possession of more than 650 grams of cocaine

Electronic Monitoring Benefits  Communities’ Financial Savings  Monitoring and Pinpointing Offenders in Real Time locations  Decreases Recidivism

Benefits of Offenders Families and Correctional Surveillance  Intervention  Deterrence  Community Service  Work Experience  Assistance

High School Drug Testing  Reduces long- term offending  Creates Mentoring Groups  Prevents Incarceration  Prevents Community Gang Participation

Positive Surveillance Practices  Intense surveillance  Decrease in Recidivism  Monitoring

Conclusion  Importance of Monitoring  Pros and Cons  Benefits to the system

References  Mark Thompson, "'Zero Tolerance' Pioneer Criticizes Recent Yacht Seizures," Drug Enforcement Report, June 8, 1988, p. D4.  OJJDP Report: Guide for Implementing the Balanced and Restorative Justice Model NCJ  Peter Hall, A New Way to Track Offenders, BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES, Apr. 26, 2010 at 1, available at 2010 WLNR