Information System

Information System

The development of integrated criminal justice information systems can significantly reduce the transaction costs associated with maintenance of multiple of records systems, the work associated with repeated entry of data, and the substantial (but largely undocumented) costs associated with the inefficient operation of criminal justice agencies due to lack of timely and/or comprehensive information on problems, clients, victims, and/or offenders. Comprehensive and timely information provided by integrated systems can promote the development of proactive strategies in criminal justice and reduce incidents in which clients within criminal justice fall through service delivery gaps (Polansky, 2006).

Crime is a human behavior that ...