Coordination of Computerization Within the Criminal Justice System of England and Wales (From Computerization in the Management of the Criminal Justice System: Proceedings of the Workshop and the Symposium on Computerization of Criminal Justice Information at the Ninth United Nations Congress on the

• NCJ Number: 167621
• Author(s): C G Lewis
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 5 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: Finland

Annotation

The approach used in England and Wales for using information technology in the criminal justice system, with emphasis on progress and plans and the need for a central unit to set common technical, data, and communications standards for information to be exchanged between agencies.

Abstract

Until the late 1980's the introduction of information technology followed an uncoordinated path among the various criminal justice agencies. However, a more coordinated approach now exists. Planning now reflects an awareness of the importance of information and the development of a criminal justice information policy, central standards, a common network for communicating between agencies, and nationally specified systems. Other aspects include a small number of centrally maintained databases, ready access to these databases from criminal justice agencies, security and data protection standards, and personnel training. The standards for technology, data, communications, and data security will form the infrastructure for the next generation of computerized information systems.