Needs and prospects for crime-fighting technology : the federal role in assisting state and local law enforcement / / William Schwabe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816396203321
• Autore: Schwabe William <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 1999
• ISBN: 0-8330-4358-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (72 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.2/028/4
• Soggetti: Federal aid to law enforcement agencies - United States; Law enforcement - Technological innovations - United States; Crime prevention - United States; Technology and state - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "MR-1101-OSTP"--P. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70).
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE -- TABLES -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXTUAL OVERVIEW -- CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES -- STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT -- THE NEED FOR MODERN TECHNOLOGY -- THE NEED FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE -- LIMITS TO FEDERAL ASSISTANCE -- Legacy of the LEAA -- WhatÌs Different Now -- RESPONSIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE -- CURRENT SYSTEM -- National Center -- Regional Centers -- Special Offices -- EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE -- Utica Arson Strike Force -- Technology Assistance to a Fire Department -- Audio Enhancement Processing Helps Build Murder Case -- Still Photo from Videotape Prompts Confession -- Computer File Analysis Identifies Victims -- E-Mail Analysis Nabs Child Molester -- NLECTC Metallurgy Expertise Discredits Murder Alibi -- Videotape Enhancement Clears Suspect -- Technology in Strategic Planning -- Crime Mapping and Database Challenges -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE -- TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT -- CURRENT STATUS -- Technology Available to Campus Police -- A Computer System to Track Gang Members -- Wireless Data Communications -- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT -- Smart Gun -- Vehicle Stopping -- Counterterrorism -- Communications Systems -- TESTING AND EVALUATION -- Technologies Tested in Mock Prison Riot -- OLETC Commercialization ; Projects -- Technology Too Good to Be True -- SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION Factors in Acquisition Decisions: The Example of Less-Than-Lethal Technology -- An LA Story: Differences Technology Can Make -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT -- st CENTURY CRIME LABS -- ONGOING FBI DNA INITIATIVES -- TECHNOLOGY PLAYS ROLE IN NEW ORLEANS CRIME REDUCTION -- STATUS AND NEEDS -- Training -- Technology Transfer -- Methods RDT&amp -- E -- EXAMPLES OF LAB CASELOADS -- EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY NEEDS -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED CRIME LABS -- BRIDGING THE TRAINING GAP.; CURRENT STATUS -- Leadership -- Community Involvement -- Management and Supervision -- Crisis Management -- Force Management and Integrity Issues -- Staffing, Personnel, and Legal Issues -- Patrol Operations and Tactical Responses -- Investigations -- PROPOSED TRAINING SUPPORT -- PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED TRAINING -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES.