Information Technology and the Criminal Justice SystemApril Pattavina How has information technology changed the way we monitor criminal behavior? How has it changed the way we examine patterns of criminal behavior? How have criminal justice organizations adapted to using information technology? What is the future of information in criminal justice? There have been many technical, analytical, legal, and organizational issues related to advances in computer and information technology over the past several decades. Given the substantial investments that federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies are making in information technology, they now consider it an integral component of understanding how our criminal justice system works.
Information Technology and the Criminal Justice System is recommended for upper level undergraduate and graduate level courses in Criminal Justice departments, including Information Technology and Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice Data Analysis; Crime Analysis; Technology and Criminal Justice; and Technology and Society. This book is also an excellent resource for professionals in the field. |
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... justice and the IT Revolution," federal Probation (2nd Quarter 2001); Criminal justice 2000, vol. 3: Policies, Processes, and Decisions of the Criminal Justice System (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, 2000). Appropriations ...
... justice have promised, and sometimes delivered, significant improvements in the information processing capabilities of criminal justice agencies. In addition, my argument is that the incorporation of these advances into police department ...
... department to have no crime analysis capability. In fact, most departments now consider automated management information systems, computer- aided dispatch (CAD), computerized case management systems, and Internet access by citizens as ...
... Department of Justice to use mapping techniques to predict the snipers' next target.21 Yet gathering spatial data from the surrounding police jurisdictions became a much more difficult task than was originally thought. Although the ...
... Department was the only agency serving a population of more than 500,000 to report NIBRS data. According to a recent study by SEARCH, the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, law enforcement agencies cite lack of ...
Contents
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Acquiring Implementing and Evaluating Information Technology | 29 |
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 57 |
The Internet as a Conduit for Criminal Activity | 77 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 99 |
Information Technology and Crime Analysis | 125 |
Police Strategies and Their Relationship | 131 |
Geographic Information Systems | 147 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 167 |
Using | 195 |
Environment Technology | 221 |
THE FUTURE OF INFORMATION | 241 |
The Future of Information Technology | 261 |
Index | 273 |
About the Editor | 287 |