DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFENDER-BASED TRANSACTION STATISTICS CONCEPT PAPER

• NCJ Number: 39111
• Author(s): R J NOLFI
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OUTLINES A PLAN FOR CREATING A COMPUTER SYSTEM TO TRACK OFFENDERS THROUGH VARIOUS STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND TO COMPILE RELATED STATISTICS.

Abstract

BECAUSE THERE ARE NUMEROUS CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PROJECT PLANNERS SUGGESTED THAT THE OFFENDER-BASED TRANSACTION STATISTICS (OBTS) SYSTEM BE IMPLEMENTED THERE. THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS COULD BE REALIZED BY USING THE OBTS SYSTEM: IMPROVED OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES USING THE SYSTEM, GREATER COOPERATION BETWEEN THESE AGENCIES, FINANCIAL SAVINGS, AND A COLLECTION OF COMPREHENSIVE STATISTICAL DATA THAT COULD BE VALUABLE TO CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH.