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Criminal Justice Technology in the 21st Century

NCJ Number
176137
Editor(s)
L J Moriarty, D L Carter
Date Published
1998
Length
299 pages
Annotation
This is a series of essays on the ways that technology is affecting criminal justice.
Abstract
The book presents 14 essays in four categories: criminal justice education and technology, law enforcement technology, corrections technology and criminality and technology. The essays discuss: (1) Computers in Criminal Justice; (2) Integrating Computers in the Classroom: A National Survey of Criminal Justice Educators; (3) Teaching Statistics in the 21st Century; (4) Criminal Justice Students' Attitudes Toward Distance Learning as a Function of Demographics; (5) Levels of Software Adoption by City Police Agencies; (6) How and How Well Police Officers and Police Departments Manage the Data They Collect; (7) The Development of Information Technology to Support Problem-Oriented Policing; (8) The Centralized Data Entry System; (9) A Content Analysis of Law Enforcement Agency Home Pages; (10) An Evaluation of a Video Assessment Device for Selecting Detention Officers; (11) Using Automation to Improve Service Delivery and Outcomes of Offenders in Treatment; (12) On-Line Crime: In Pursuit of Cyber Thieves; (13) An Assessment of Computer Crime Victimization in the United States; and (14) Computer Applications by International Organized Crime Groups. References, tables, notes, exhibit, indexes

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