Criminal Justice and the IT Revolution.

Although the Information Technology revolution promises an enormous increase in information-processing capability, too few law enforcement agencies currently use that capability effectively. The author examines the impact on the American criminal justice system of the information-processing revolut...

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Publicado en:Federal Probation Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 52 - 66
Autor principal: Dunworth, Terence
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Superintendent of Documents September 2001
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Sumario:Although the Information Technology revolution promises an enormous increase in information-processing capability, too few law enforcement agencies currently use that capability effectively. The author examines the impact on the American criminal justice system of the information-processing revolution that has taken place since the invention of the transistor, assessing the opportunities and challenges that this revolution has generated and examining the responses that American law enforcement has made. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.