Electronic monitoring and house arrest: Future as a pre-trial detention measure in criminal procedure

Sa？etak Electronic monitoring is used and will be used for different purposes, among others for house arrest. In the paper pros and cons of electronic monitoring are analyzed, and so is the appliance of electronic monitoring on house arrest. The technology of electronic monitoring is analyzed firstly then the electronic monitoring and the influence on the house arrest is being analyzed. In this paper questions of privacy, cost, legal and other questions are being looked at for the purpose of understanding electronic monitoring and its benefits. Furthermore author gives comparison between house arrest and other measures in pre-trial detention. Author specifically referred on state of house arrest in Croatia and how appliance of electronic monitoring could affect pre-trial detention measures and pre-trial detention in general. For that purpose the pilot project from Ministry of Justice is resaerched as well as Croatians court practice in that matter. Ultimately author gives suggestions and propositions de lege ferenda how could house arrest function better, especially in Croatia