The School on Crime and Technology: Controversial Presents, (Un)likely Futures took place from June 4 to 6, 2025, at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho. The school brought together participants from different disciplinary backgrounds – namely law, sociology, and other social sciences – and at various stages of their academic and…
The Final Conference of the E-Monitoring Project, entitled “Electronic Monitoring: Present and Future Challenges”, took place on May 9th at the auditorium of the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho, Braga. The event brought together dozens of researchers, professionals, and students to reflect on the current state and future directions of electronic monitoring within criminal…
Publication within the scope of the book Looking at the World: A Journey through Global Citizenship, published as part of the campaign tODxS: Everyone for Development Education and Global Citizenship, implemented in Portugal by IMVF and FEC, with the support of Camões – Institute for Cooperation and Language. Available here.
In recent years, there has been growing social, political, and academic interest in issues related to the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems. This trend is evident, for example, in the growing number of university courses dedicated to these topics in Portugal. This work stems from the coordinators’ research and teaching experiences, drawing on their…
An article by the research team of the E-Monitoring project was published in the latest edition of Sombras&Luzes, the journal of the portuguese Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services. The article reflects on measures and penalties under radiofrequency technology, with special emphasis on the coercive measure in electronic surveillance (Obligation to Remain in Housing) based…
In an era marked by the construction of an increasingly digital and technological justice for children, the use of electronic monitoring within child justice systems is a controversial issue. This article examines the projected (non)futures of electronic monitoring in Portugal by exploring the perspectives of relevant stakeholders involved in the child justice system. Our data show that both opposing and supportive perspectives are anchored on four key axes – education, control, environments and conditions, and stigma – that underpin stakeholders’ perceptions of the different challenges, principles and goals that underpin the child justice.
In this chapter, we critically consider electronic monitoring’s potential to constitute a holistic response for (re)integration, (re)settlement, and reducing reoffending.
In recent years, offenders’ supervision has emerged as a new facet of the penal landscape in most Western countries, growing in scale, reach and scope.
Rafaela Granja holds a PhD in Sociology (2015) from the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho.
Andreia Pimentel holds a Master’s degree in Crime, Difference, and Inequality from the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho (2022).
Bárbara Seco is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Crime, Difference and Inequality from the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho.
Sara Rosado holds a degree in Social Sciences with a specialization in Social Psychology from Universidade Aberta, obtained in 2023.
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