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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... CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE INTERNET 57 3. How Criminal Justice Agencies Use The Internet 59 ROBERTA E. GRIFFITH Law Enforcement 60 Information Seeking 61 Information Dissemination 61 Information Management 63 Cybercrime and ...
... criminal justice system over the past several decades. Given the substantial investments that federal, stare, and local criminal justice agencies are making in IT, the time is appropriate to begin synthesizing the growing body of ...
... criminal justice agencies. In addition to GIS applications in criminal justice, she pays specific attention to issues of data quality. The fourth section of the book includes chapters that provide in-depth analysis into IT development ...
... criminal justice agencies would have found inconceivable during earlier decades. The first of these forces derives its strength from changes in federal policy toward state and local governments, and the second derives its strength from ...
... agencies that perform common functions (e.g., police departments), which 1 would characterize as horizontal integration, but also between the various elements of the system (i.e., law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections) ...
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 |