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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... Sharing: Using a Consent-Driven System to Promote Integrated Service Delivery 195 KATHLEEN R. SNAVELY, FAYE S. TAXMAN, AND STUART GORDON Offender-Based Information Systems 196 Phase 1: Planning 205 Phase 2: Implementation 208 Phase 3:
... integrated consent-driven system to monitor offender flow through the criminal justice system and how the information can be used. They also describe the legal context of information sharing across agencies, with a focus on issues ...
... integrated system in which agencies not only are able to generate better information about their own operations but also can share and integrate that information with the activities of other organizations. This is taking place not only ...
... integration. Law enforcement agencies have experienced the widest-ranging changes in information processing and so are given greater coverage than the other elements. Law. Enforcement. Crime Analysis Crime analysis serves four specific ...
... integrated system purportedly verifies a suspect's identity and accesses criminal and case histories in less than 2.5 seconds, even though the county receives data from 50 law enforcement agencies, 62 additional authorities, 2 1 ...
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 |