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NCJ Number: NCJ 013828  
Title: DEDICATED POLICE COMPUTER - DOES IT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Author(s): K W COLTON
Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
United States
Publication Date: 1973
Pages: 9
Origin: United States
Language: English
Grant No.: GI38004 (NSF)
Publication No.: JR-02-73
Note: REPRINTED FROM THE BUREAUCRAT, V 1, N 4 (WINTER 1972)
Annotation: PRINCIPLE CONCLUSION IS THAT BY ITSELF, DEDICATION OR NONDEDICATION MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE REGARDING THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF COMPUTER USE BY THE POLICE.
Abstract: THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DEDICATION ARE DISCUSSED AND ECONOMIC AND PRIVACY CONSIDERATIONS ARE EXAMINED AND SHOWN TO SHIFT THE BALANCE SLIGHTLY IN FAVOR OF CAREFULLY PLANNED CITY-WIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AND AWAY FROM DEDICATED POLICE SYSTEMS.
Index Term(s): Police information systems ; Data security ; Public safety coordination ; Interagency cooperation
 
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