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WISCONSIN - REPORT ON CRIMINAL OFFENDER RECORD INFORMATION SYSTEMS

NCJ Number
42886
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1973
Length
219 pages
Annotation
THE TASK FORCE CONCLUDES THAT COMPUTERIZED SUPPORT OF AGENCIES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS FEASIBLE AND DESIRABLE, PROVIDING THERE ARE PROCEDURES SAFEGUARDING EACH INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
Abstract
THE TASK FORCE BELIEVES THAT WHEN PRIVACY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE INTEGRATED INTO A WELL-DESIGNED COMPUTER SYSTEM, THE SECURITY AND PRIVACY PROVIDED WILL BE GREATER THAN IN MOST MANUAL SYSTEMS. IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PRIMARY CONCERN ABOUT COMPUTERIZATION HAS COME FROM THE DANGER OF IMPROPERLY DESIGNED SYSTEMS WHICH CENTRALIZE GREAT QUANTITIES OF INFORMATION ON PERSONS AND MAKE THAT INFORMATION EASILY AVAILABLE TO LARGE NUMBERS OF USERS. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THOSE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES WHICH THE TASK FORCE BELIEVES CAN PRESERVE PRIVACY RIGHTS IN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES. THE TASK FORCE HAS NOT CONFINED ITSELF TO COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS, RECOGNIZING THAT INFORMATION CONTAINED IN MANUAL SYSTEMS CAN BE JUST AS DAMAGING TO AN INDIVIDUAL AS THAT IN A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM. RECOMMENDATIONS APPLYING TO BOTH TYPES OF SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN MADE....RCB