CRIME DATA SYSTEMS IN A WORLD PERSPECTIVE (FROM PROJECT SEARCH - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS, 2D - PROCEEDINGS, APRIL 30 - MAY 2, 1975, BY E CRESWELL - SEE NCJ-25660)

• NCJ Number: 25726
• Author(s): W CLIFFORD
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 17 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-SS-99-3312; 75-SS-99-6007
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: SEARCH Group Inc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS VIEW OF CRIME DATA SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PROVIDES COMMENTARY ON THE NEED FOR COLLECTION OF DATA, THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED, AND THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE LACK OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION IN GENERAL AND CRIME INFORMATION IN PARTICULAR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, CONTRASTING IT WITH THE WEALTH OF DATA AVAILABLE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT NOT ALL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEED HIGHLY DEVELOPED CRIMINAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SINCE THEIR CRIME RATES ARE NOT ALWAYS AS HIGH AS THOSE OF MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. THE LACK OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIME DATA SYSTEMS IS ADDRESSED, AND THE NEED FOR THIS COOPERATION IS STRESSED. THE CRIMINAL INFORMATION RESOURCES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION (INTERPOL) ARE DISCUSSED, AND THE CONCLUSIONS OF A 1973 SEMINAR HELD IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK ARE EXAMINED. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS ARE ALSO EXPLORED.