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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... Systems and Crime Mapping in Criminal Justice Agencies 147 APRIL PATTAVINA Theoretical and Philosophical Support for GIS Development in Criminal Justice 148 Mapping the Geographic Context of Crime 151 Organizational Issues 159 ...
... System (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 ... CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
April Pattavina. Information. Technology. and. the. Criminal. justice. System. An. Historical. Overview. AUTHOR'S NOTE: Earlier versions of some of the sections in this chapter were published in the following: Terence Dunworth, "Criminal ...
... system was in fact not a "system" and was not performing effectively. It was seen as fragmented, underfunded, and poorly informed. Most jurisdictions paid attention only to the events that took place within their ... CRIMINAL JUSTICE IT.
... criminal justice is that they provided the technical capacity to implement ... system in which agencies not only are able to generate better information ... system (i.e., law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections), which I ...
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 |