DEDICATED POLICE COMPUTER - DOES IT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• NCJ Number: 13828
• Author(s): K W COLTON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 9 pages
• Grant Number(s): GI38004 (NSF)
• Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. REPRINTED FROM THE BUREAUCRAT, V 1, N 4 (WINTER 1972)

Annotation

PRINCIPLE CONCLUSION IS THAT BY ITSELF, DEDICATION OR NONDEDICATION MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE REGARDING THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF COMPUTER USE BY THE POLICE.

Abstract

THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DEDICATION ARE DISCUSSED AND ECONOMIC AND PRIVACY CONSIDERATIONS ARE EXAMINED AND SHOWN TO SHIFT THE BALANCE SLIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF CAREFULLY PLANNED CITY-WIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AND AWAY FROM DEDICATED POLICE SYSTEMS.