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Task force report: science and technology; a report to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
Title
Task force report: science and technology; a report to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.
Published
[Washington, for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1967]
Physical Description
xiv, 228 p. illus., maps. 28 cm.
Summary
This report presents study results and recommendation intended to illustrate the potential contributions of science and technology to crime control.The report supplements and amplifies the discussion of science and technology in the general report of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, entitled "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society." Two chapters address the application of technology in police apprehension of criminals. Topics considered are the use of technology to reduce police response time, means to modernize the command and control process, and how to relieve the radio frequency congestion in most large police departments. Another chapter discusses aspects of court management, corrections, and crime prevention. The court- management discussion focuses on delay reduction in case processing. Two aspects of corrections addressed are the use of programmed instruction as a rehabilitation aid, and the use of statistical techniques to aid in correctional decisionmaking. Auto ignition redesign and street lighting are discussed as technological means to reduce crime opportunities. A chapter examines the uses of systems analysis for the study of the entire criminal justice system as an integrated whole. One chapter considers the potential role of modern information technology in the development of an integrated criminal justice information system. The final chapter outlines a program of research and development by which the Federal Government can stimulate a major infusion of science and technology into the criminal justice process and counter the broader problems of crime control.
Variant and related titles
Science and technology.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 22, 2009
Contents
Foreword / Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
Preface
The Commission, the staff
Chapter 1. Science and technology and the criminal justice system
Chapter 2. Police operations : the apprehension process
Chapter 3. Police operations : communications, command, and control
Chapter 4. Aspects of court management, corrections, and crime prevention
Chapter 5. Analysis of crime and the overall criminal justice system
Chapter 6. Criminal justice information systems
Chapter 7. Scientific research and development program
Appendix A. Program budgeting for criminal justice systems
Appendix B. A study of communications, crimes, and arrests in a metropolitan police department
Appendix C. Fingerprint classification
Appendix D. Police mobile radio communications systems
Appendix E. Electronics equipment associated with the police car
Appendix F. Survey of existing criminal justice data processing facilities
Appendix G. Information system flow diagrams
Appendix H. Analysis of the costs of a centralized versus decentralized national inquiry system
Appendix I. Data analysis and simulation of the court system in the District of Columbia for the processing of felony defendants
Appendix J. Projected percentage of U.S. population with criminal arrest and conviction records.
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United States. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.
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