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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... NIBRS Process 101 DONALD FAGC.IANJ AND DAVID HIRSCHEL The Uniform Crime Reporting System 101 The National Incident-Based Reporting System 103 Policy Implications 112 Case Study: Using the NIBRS for Domestic Violence Research 113 ...
... (NIBRS). In Chapter 6, crime analysis is covered by Phyllis McDonald, who describes the relationship between the development of IT and crime analysis and the policy implications of IT advances for police practices and policies. In ...
... NIBRS framework but elected to institute the more complex reporting level for all participating agencies. Representing both an expansion of the UCR system and a major conceptual shift, the NIBRS is an incident-based system that collects ...
... NIBRS depends.27 Records Management Systems An RMS is the informational heart of any police department's operations. It provides for the storage, retrieval, retention, manipulation, archiving, and viewing of information, records ...
... NIBRS. These clear advantages, coupled with declining cost and increasing ease of use, suggest that it will not be long before virtually every department uses MDTs. Forensic Technology DNA databases are an emerging technology that seems ...
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 |