NCJ Number
43934
Date Published
1976
Length
14 pages
Annotation
A PLAN FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION NETWORK AVAILABLE TO BOTH POLICE AND JUDICIAL AGENCIES IN WEST GERMANY IS PRESENTED.
Abstract
RECENT GERMAN LEGAL EFFORTS DEMAND THAT THE JUDICIAL BRANCH AND THE POLICE MAKE ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION SYSTEMS AVAILABLE TO EACH OTHER. THIS PRINCIPLE, HOWEVER, ONLY APPLIES TO INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REPRESSION OF CRIME WITHOUT EXTENDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE OR TECHNICAL DATA. TO INTEGRATE THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS, OF COMNUNICATION AVAILABLE TO EACH AGENCY, A SPECIAL DIGITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (DISPOL) OPERATED BY THE POLICE IS SUGGESTED. THIS COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK WOULD PERMIT AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL AUTOMATIC ACCESS TO THE VARIOUS SECONDARY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THAT OWNED BY THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, THE CREATION OF A NEW CENTRAL POLICE INFORMATION CENTER (INPOL) WITH TERMINALS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT GERMANY IS ADVISED. THIS SYSTEM WOULD SUPPLY ANY KIND OF INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE POLICE WITHIN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. AMONG OTHER INFROMATION IT WOULD INCLUDE THE PERSONAL DATA OF CRIMINALS, TRACING AND SEARCH LISTS, DETAILED BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINALISTICS, A FINGERPRINT COLLECTION, AND THE IMMEDIATE CIRCUMSTANCES OF UNRESOLVED CRIMES. DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM COULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS SOURCE WITHOUT VIOLATING LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ARE DELINEATED. IN PARTICULAR, THE PROSECUTION WOULD BENEFIT SINCE THE SYSTEM WOULD AUTOMATICALLY SUPPLY DATA ON THE FILES OF THE ACCUSED. THE STUDY CONTAINS NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE NETWORK AND EXAMLES OF INFORMATION INPUT AND OUTPUT. ANNOTATIONS ADD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. --IN GERMAN. (SAJ)