Thank you for having me, Chair.
Thank you for that really stimulating presentation.
Like most of us, I'm a big fan of Spider-Man, but clearly there's much more to this issue than that initial amusing vignette you provided. It reminds us of the need to delve deeply into the impact, statistics, and evaluations of these programs. They have become vast in some countries and seem to exist here on a smaller scale for now.
Dr. Bonta, I want to delve into this question of cost and impact on recidivism just a bit more deeply to make sure I understand your conclusions. I heard both you and Dr. Nellis say that electronic monitoring without treatment basically doesn't have an impact. I heard Dr. Nellis say that electronic monitoring with treatment on a fairly large scale can reduce both cost and recidivism. Your experience in Canada, where the numbers seem to be smaller, was that it might reduce recidivism if it's the right kind of high-quality treatment, but it won't necessarily reduce cost.
Give us your view of the Swedish and English-Welsh experiences, where it's been used on a large scale. Do you find, as in Dr. Nellis's testimony, that with a very large sample there can be cost savings?