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A 7 page discussion of the impact technology has had on law enforcement and criminal justice. The contention is presented that not only has the complexity of some crimes compounded with technology but so too has our ability to catch criminals and to definitively demonstrate that they indeed are guilty of a particular crime. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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of diverse ways. One of the most interesting of these has been the impact of technology on crime and law enforcement. The advent of the Internet alone has
led, in fact, to the invention of new types of criminal activity (Hahn and Stout, 1994). Crimes conducted over the avenues of the World Wide Web have necessitated new
approaches to law enforcement, approaches which in themselves utilize the Internet and computers in general (Hahn and Stout, 1994). Not only has the complexity of some crimes compounded with
technology but so too has our ability to catch criminals and to definitively demonstrate that they indeed are guilty of a particular crime.
Computers have become an incredibly important law enforcement tool. The U.S. Department of Justice (2002) notes that in 1999 seven of ten law enforcement officers were employed
by offices utilizing in-field computers or terminals. An average of twenty such units were available per one-hundred local police officials while sheriffs offices had an average of fifteen units
available for one hundred employees. In-field systems have of course been a complement to the vast dependence the criminal justice system has developed over the past decade.
Even more prevalent than in-field computer systems is the vast computer resources which impregnate practically every aspect of criminal justice. Everything from
computerized police dispatch systems, criminal databases, to complex computer technology used in forensic applications has experienced a tremendous growth in criminal justice.
A particularly interesting application of computer technology can be found in applications involving DNA, a heavily relied on form of evidence in todays high-tech law enforcement arena. An
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