ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF THE NATIONAL COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY PROGRAM - FINAL REPORT, NOVEMBER 1979

• NCJ Number: 64512
• Author(s): W T CONNOR
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 106 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-017-78
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: SRI International
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: SRI PROJECT 7897

Annotation

THIS REPORT EXAMINES THE NATIONAL COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY (CCH) SYSTEM IN THE VARIOUS STATES AND COVERS CURRENT CCH SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, COMMON PROBLEMS, AND WAYS TO BENEFIT CCH'S EFFORTS.

Abstract

REPORT DATA WERE SYNTHESIZED FROM ONSITE VISITS TO SEVERAL STATES; REGIONAL CONFERENCES WITH STATE OFFICIALS; A LIMITED SURVEY OF STATE PLANNING AGENCIES, STATE IDENTIFICATION AGENCIES, AND STATE CCH AGENCIES; AND MEETINGS WITH LEAA AND FBI (FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION)/NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER (NCIC) OFFICIALS. OVERALL CONCLUSIONS CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: (1) LEAA MONEY HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE, IN PART, FOR THE INITIATION OF STATE-LEVEL CCH SYSTEMS THAT NOW SERVE OR WILL SERVE IN THE FUTURE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE U.S. POPULATION; (2) ALTHOUGH MOST ATTENTION IS FOCUSED UPON THE NATIONAL CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING THE NCIC-CCH SYSTEM, A SIGNIFICANT POOL OF INFORMATION AND SERVICE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING AT THE STATE LEVEL; (3) STATE-LEVEL CCH SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP REGARDLESS OF NATIONAL ISSUES; (4) CURRENT STATE-LEVEL CCH SYSTEMS CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN STATE IDENTIFICATION BUREAU (SIB) FILES; AND (5) INCREASED ATTENTION TO IDENTIFICATION IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL FUTURE CCH OPERATION. TABLES AND EXHIBITS ARE INCLUDED, AND SURVEY INSTRUMENTS AND A REPORT ARE APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--PRG)