NCJ Number
127886
Date Published
1989
Length
268 pages
Annotation
This book provides the basic technological knowledge necessary to understand the increasing use of computers in criminal justice management and explores the implications of an emerging information-dependent society.
Abstract
An overview chapter provides a basic introduction to computers, computer terminology, computer languages, the history of computer development, concepts of organizational management, and the applications of computers in the administration of criminal justice agencies and institutions. A chapter on microcomputer applications in data base and management information systems discusses the computerized systematic approach to storing, updating, and retrieving information stored as data items, usually in the form of records on a file that has many users. Types of criminal justice information files are described. Data bases used in management decisionmaking are also discussed in this chapter. Another chapter considers computer-assisted organizational communication, i.e., information networking, computer-assisted writing, desk top publishing, and telecommunications applications. Other chapters address the theory, applications, and issues of computer-assisted instruction and the computer-assisted monitoring of offenders. The book concludes with a discussion of emerging justice issues in computer technology. Chapter discussion and review questions, a 187-item bibliography, a glossary, and author and subject indexes