Change at the Speed of Light: Doing Justice in the Information Age (From Computerization in the Management of the Criminal Justice System: Proceedings of the Workshop and the Symposium on Computerization of Criminal Justice Information at the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime

• NCJ Number: 167619
• Author(s): J D Coldren
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 13 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Type: Report (Technical Assistance)
• Language: English
• Country: Finland

Annotation

Changes in the last 5 years in the use of computers in criminal justice systems are analyzed in terms of five general trends.

Abstract

The first trend consists of the convergence of information technologies and the increasingly widespread availability of those technologies to the world's citizens. The second trend is the role of computer security and privacy measures as a result of the increasing use of information collected and maintained by criminal justice agencies for purposes not directly related to the administration of justice. The third trend is the emergence of new policing paradigms; the nature of criminal justice information has been redefined as many jurisdictions move from the more traditional paradigm of law enforcement to an emphasis on law observance and crime prevention. The fourth trend is the emergency of computer crime and a new criminal class that observes no national boundaries and engages in the theft of intellectual property and the illegal manipulation of information essential to countries' commerce and security. The fifth trend is the growth of the Internet and the resulting opportunities for international cooperation and technical assistance. Figures and footnotes