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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... 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 were effectively zero in 1980 ...
... U.S. criminal incidents were reported under the NIBRS. Large law enforcement agencies have been especially reluctant to make the transition to the NIBRS; as of May 1999, the Austin (Texas) Police Department was the only agency serving a ...
... United States. Courts, Prosecution, Public Defenders, and Corrections Technology in ... U.S. Supreme Court approved CCTV use in the courtroom in Maryland v. Craig.1 ... Department of Justice. The task force studied county-level integrated ...
... federal agencies; between local agencies and constituent communities; and ... Departments will be able to make a more effective contribution to their own ... Department, the San Diego Police Department, the FBI, the San Diego County ...
... U.S. Department of Justice, 1997), 3. 10. "Summary," The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society. 11. The LEAA was officially terminated on April 25, 1982. A vast literature on the LEAA exists. For an entry to it, see Richard S. Allinson ...
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 |