Criminal Justice Integration



Criminal Justice Integration

Introduction

This paper intends to explain the most important technologies of the correctional system. The technologies will be explained for the purpose of including integration plans to improve interactions between law enforcement, private security, the courts and institutional and community corrections over the period of next fifteen years. Moreover, the major components of the criminal justice system like private security functions will be analyzed. The purpose of this paper is to make the reader aware about the significance of technology and integration of interactions between various agencies within the field of criminal justice.

Discussion

Criminal justice system has been witnessing a rapid advancement in technologies. Technology is being utilized in the criminal justice system for the purpose of impacting the processing inmates, housing and rehabilitating the offender positively. It can be undoubtedly said that the role of technology within the criminal justice system in vital. The basic technologies that have facilitated the working of criminal justice system include;

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)

DNA is the most important technological development from the perspective of criminal justice system. This technology helps a lot in solving crimes and making the law enforcement agencies more effective. The utilization of DNA can help the criminal justice employees to identify criminals and suspect by the help of forensic experts (David, 2004).

Biometrics

This is the technological advancement which focuses on the recognition of criminals and suspects through their physiological or behavioral characteristics. Getting fingerprints, facial recognition and other aspects of identifying criminals increases the significance of this technology. This basically helps identifying criminals and suspects. The biometric systems work with identification and verification modes with the help of already established data bases (David, 2004).

Micro Global Positioning Chips

This technology is most commonly known as GPS. This technology is widely used for the purpose of identifying parolees, probationers and ...