NCJ Number
213673
Date Published
August 2005
Length
116 pages
Annotation
This toolkit for justice professionals who are considering or are planning a justice information-sharing initiative presents a process for assessing where capability for information-sharing exists and where it must be developed in order to achieve public safety goals.
Abstract
The toolkit facilitates discussion within individual organizations as well as across the organizations involved in an information-sharing initiative. It guides assessment according to 16 dimensions of capability and promotes a collective understanding of how to achieve a successful initiative. Outcomes from using the toolkit include informing planning and design of integrated justice initiatives; identifying strengths and weaknesses; focusing investments in capability-building efforts; identifying risk and risk-mitigation strategies; and highlighting additional information needed to make good decisions. The toolkit distinguishes five phases of the capability assessment: preliminary planning, authorizing the assessment, operational planning, conducting the assessment, and developing action plans. An implementation guide is one component of the toolkit. In providing guidance for conducting a capability assessment, it describes the process of collecting, analyzing, and using assessment data. It also offers process and analysis options for various situations. Another section of the toolkit provides data-collection worksheets for the 16 dimensions of capability and their associated subdimensions. The worksheets address such topics as governance, collaboration readiness, security, project management, technology knowledge, and stakeholders. These worksheets are used to record specific ratings, evidence for those ratings, and confidence levels. Appended case example, sample correspondence and work plans, workshop facilitation guides and exercises, and reference material