Very much so: I think I couldn't be any more clear than the way you've put it. The EM, or any device like that, is a tool, and it has to be part of a continuum approach to managing or supervising offenders in the community.
If I have something that has my parole officers engaging offenders more frequently than with our normal standards of contact, those offenders know that there's somebody out there watching them—minimally. They also know that they're going to have to explain their behaviours, and they're also going to have the opportunity to talk about things that may be happening in their lives that may be troubling them, that may ultimately lead them down a bad path while they're out in the community.
So that continuum of having tools that lead to more and better engagement is going to lead to better public safety.