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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... law enforcement. In Chapter 9, Kathleen Snavely, Faye Taxman, and Stuart Gordon describe an integrated consent-driven system to monitor offender flow through the criminal justice system and how the information can be used. They also ...
... Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA).1 This agency was proposed by the National Commission on Crime, established by the Johnson administration during the mid- 1 960s, and brought into existence by the Safe Streets Act of ...
... law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections), which I would characterize as vertical integration. This transformation is nowhere near completion. In fact, in many respects, it is still in its infancy. There are still many ...
... Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice to examine criminal justice information systems and statistics and to make recommendations about the role that the federal government could and should play. Henry Ruth, deputy director of ...
... law enforcement, courts and prosecution, corrections, and criminal justice agency integration. Law enforcement agencies have experienced the widest-ranging changes in information processing and so are given greater coverage than the ...
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 |