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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... Organizational Change: Notes From the Police World 221 PETER K. MANNING Conceptions of the Police Organization and Its Technologies 222 Organizations and Change 226 Rules, Processes, and Routines in Police Work 227 Defining Technology ...
... organizational issues related to advances in computer technology and IT. Therefore, IT must be considered as an ... organizations adapted to the use of IT? 4. What is the future of IT in criminal justice? The first section of the ...
... organizations. This is taking place not only within and between 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 ...
... organizational structure has survived to this day. An important exception was the Crime Control Act of 1994,12 which among other things created an independent agency, the Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services (OCOPS), to manage ...
... organizations, and corrections departments, may also be invited to attend. There are many who attribute the recent crime reductions in New York City in part to the accountability approach of CompStat. More recently, in a significant ...
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 |