Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology: Federal...

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• Cover Type: Paperback with 199 pages
• Published by: RAND Corporation August 25, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0833030353
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0833030351
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 12.8 ounces

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This report provides findings of a study of technology in use or needed by law enforcement agencies at the state and local level, for the purpose of informing federal policymakers as they consider technology-related support for these agencies.

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Under the American federal system, most law is cast as state statutes andlocal ordinances; accordingly, most law enforcement is the responsibility ofstate and local agencies. Federal law and federal law enforcement come intoplay only where there is rationale for it, consistent with the Constitution.Within this framework, a clear role has been identified for federal supportof state and local agencies. This report provides findings of a study oftechnology in use or needed by law enforcement agencies at the state andlocal level, for the purpose of informing federal policymakers as theyconsider technology-related support for these agencies. In addition, itseeks to characterize the obstacles that exist to technology adoption by lawenforcement agencies and to characterize the perceived effects of federalassistance programs intended to facilitate the process. The study findingsare based on a nationwide Law Enforcement Technology Survey and a similarForensics Technology Survey (FTS) conducted in late spring and early summer2000, interviews conducted throughout the year, focus groups conducted inautumn 2000, and review of an extensive, largely nonacademic literature.Companion reports: Schwabe, William, requirements and Prospects for Crime-FightingTechnology: The Federal Role in Assisting State and Local Law Enforcement,Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 1999. Davis, Lois M., William Schwabe, andRonald Fricker, Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology:Results from Two Nationwide Surveys, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2001. --This text refers to the Digital edition.