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The impact and use of computer technology by the police

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 22 , Issue 1 (January 1979) table of contents

Pages: 10 - 20

Year of Publication: 1979

ISSN:0001-0782

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Kent W. Colton

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Over the past decade there has been a significant growth in the use of computer technology by U.S. police departments. This growth, however, has been at a slower rate than predicted in the early 1970's. Further, when computer applications extend beyond “routine” uses to “nonroutine” efforts, such as resource allocation or computer-aided-dispatch systems where the machine begins to become a tool for decision making, strategic planning and person/machine interaction, the results of the technology to date have been mixed. This paper reports on case studies and surveys which provide insights on the implementation and impact of police computer technology and the relationship of this technology to law enforcement and society.

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CITED BY 2

	Rob Kling, Social Analyses of Computing: Theoretical Perspectives in Recent Empirical Research, ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), v.12 n.1, p.61-110, March 1980
	Ron Weber, Computer technology and jobs: an impact assessment model, Communications of the ACM, v.31 n.1, p.68-77, Jan. 1988

INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
computer aided dispatch, computer technology, innovation, law enforcement, police command and control, police resource allocation, technology transfer

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