NCJ Number
63648
Editor(s)
J W LAUCHER
Date Published
1979
Length
264 pages
Annotation
COMPUTER SPECIALISTS ATTENDING AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION AND STATISTICS SYSTEMS PRESENT PAPERS ON THE EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER TEHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY.
Abstract
PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ISRAEL, JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, HOLLAND, AND THE THIRD WORLD. THESE AND OTHER SPECIALISTS EMPHASIZE THE SECURITY AND PRIVACY ISSUES INHERENT IN THE OPERATION OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS, NOTING IN PARTICULAR PRIVACY LEGISLATION ENACTED IN CALIFORNIA AND BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. INFORMATION SYSTEMS USED BY THE POLICE, COURTS, JUVENILE JUSTICE, AND CORRECTIONS ARE EXAMINED, AGAIN WITH EMPHASIS ON PRIVACY AND SECURITY ISSUES. THE APPLICATION OF SMALL-COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE CORRECTIONAL AND POLICE ENVIRONMENT IS DISCUSSED, WITH REFERENCE TO LOW-COST ($300 TO $1,000) MICROCOMPUTERS AND PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS. THE APPLICATION AND USEFULNESS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS TO PRESENT AND FUTURE CRIMINAL JUSTICE OPERATIONS ALSO ARE EXAMINED, AS ARE THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. PRESENTATIONS IN THE AREA OF CRIME PREVENTION OUTLINE HEURISTIC APPROACHES TO ANALYZING COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS AND CRIME ALONG WITH GEOPROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PLANNING. THE FBI'S AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION PROJECT AND MINNESOTA'S AUTOMATED LATENT FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM ARE EXAMINED. FINALLY, PROSECUTOR'S INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND FEDERAL COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED. REFERENCES, DIAGRAMS, AND TECHNICAL DATA ACCOMPANY MANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS.