Police Department Investments in Information Technology Systems: Challenges Assessing Their Payoff

doi:10.7249/RR569

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DOI	10.7249/RR569
报告编号	RR-569-NIJ
	Police Department Investments in Information Technology Systems: Challenges Assessing Their Payoff
	Brian A. Jackson; Victoria A. Greenfield; Andrew R. Morral; John S. Hollywood
	2014
出版年	2014
页数	16
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	In the wake of the economic downturn that began in 2007 and 2008, public service providers, including police departments, have been asked to tighten their financial belts and, in some instances, do more with less. Whereas some departments have cut their information technology (IT) investments and staffing as a way to avoid cutting sworn officers, others have increased their investments in IT, believing it can serve as a force multiplier, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the department. IT has become increasingly integrated into modern police organizations, particularly for systems related to records management, dispatch, crime investigation, personnel records, information sharing, fleet management, automated booking, and resource allocation. But the trade-offs among personnel, technology, and costs are not straightforward. With this report, the authors explored the rationale and evidence supporting the idea that IT investments can increase efficiency in policing, and do so cost-effectively. The correlation modeling suggested both expected and unexpected relationships between IT and efficiency. For various reasons, the efforts to carry out a full statistical analysis of police IT use matched with activity types using existing survey data did not succeed. However, they did yield insights that are relevant to the design of future efforts to assess the effects of IT systems on law enforcement performance.
英文关键词	Computer and Information Science and Technology Law Enforcement Public Sector Governance
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/3920
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brian A. Jackson,Victoria A. Greenfield,Andrew R. Morral,et al. Police Department Investments in Information Technology Systems: Challenges Assessing Their Payoff:RAND Corporation,2014.