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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... effective management at a reasonable cost. Thus, the nature of these two agencies' IT focus will inevitably differ. Their respective choices of hardware and software will be guided by their objectives, and what works in one place might ...
April Pattavina. has made very substantial movement toward practical and effective use of a wide range of IT ... effectively. It was seen as fragmented, underfunded, and poorly informed. Most jurisdictions paid attention only to the ...
... Effective) program, the OCOPS delivered more than $1.3 billion to nearly 4,500 police departments for the acquisition and implementation of IT systems." The principle behind this commitment was the notion that improved information ...
... effective policing.1* The five stages of crime analysis illustrate the natural fit with the IT revolution: 1. Data collection. Most local crime data are generated by crime reports made to police departments, officer investigations of ...
... effectively or are incompatible with NIBRS requirements. Of course, the technical and cost problems are not created by NIBRS information needs. They are a consequence of the outmoded and inadequate IT systems that are supposed to ...
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 |