Technology in criminal justice
Subtitle: current perspectives from Infotrac
By: Michael Whalen, South University
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9780495912323
Subjects: Criminology; Administration of Criminal justice; Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. GPS: monitoring offenders, assisting investigators. Appeals court backs police GPS use, raises questions / Marie Rohde; title: pt. II. The CSI effect. 'CSI effect" changes jurors' expectations / Janice Gregorson; title: pt. III. Technology in local police work. This police cruiser scans license plates, sniffs out "dirty" bombs / Patrik Jonsson; title: High-tech crime fighter MorphoFace to the rescue / Stacey Mulick; title: pt. IV. Information management and distribution. FBI to expand DNA database association of records managers & administrators; title: High-tech police center opens: every crime-fighting agency in county to share information / Lou Michel; title: Grant increases police computer connectivity / Bill Dolan; title: pt. V. High-tech surveillance. Automated video surveillance: improving CCTV to detect and prevent incidents / Allan Turner; title: Monitor acts as live-in probation officer: bracelet checks every 30 minutes to verify blood-alcohol level / Ron Ingram; title: pt. VI. Agency-community communication. Reverse 911: police computer calls to see if residents are okay / Joe Geraghty; title: Automated system to notify residents of prison escapes / Vernon Clark; title: pt. VII. Police and social networks. Police use Facebook to charge two in Indiana county riot / Chris Foreman; title: Arlington, Va., police launch MySpace page / Laura Turner; title: pt. VIII. Non-lethal weapons. Creator: Banshee II nonlethal weapon assaults only ears / Frank Munger; title: Panel backs less-lethal force: an advisory group recommended allowing NJ police to use less-deadly means in a wider range of situations / Troy Graham, Edward Colimore; title: pt. IX. Technology and corrections. Eyes don't lie: Weld jail using iris scans / Rebecca Boyle; title: COMPSTAT for juvenile corrections / John Dempsey, John Vivian.