Databases, Technology, Policies in Criminal Justice
The incorporation of policies, technology, and databases has made substantial changes in the course of justice administration and the outcome of court cases. The changes in the administration of justice and court cases have been made efficient and effective through the adoption of appropriate processes and operations. The new policies, databases, and technology have enabled the criminal justice system to shift from traditional mode operation to modern and advanced operations that have had a substantial change in the criminal justice system. The criminal justice systems continually adopt effective policies, technology, and database in the interest of achieving the principles of justice with ease and effectiveness (Dror et al., 2012). The incorporation of fingerprint analysis and inmate classification systems databases has greatly influenced the entered criminal justice by changing the process and the outcome of court cases. The database, technology, and policies ensure that the five pillars of criminal justice (courts, corrections, prosecution, law enforcement, and community) meet their objectives of attaining, justice, fairness, and equality in the entire system for all the parties involved.
Impact of Fingerprint Analysis Data Technology
The fingerprint analysis enhances the identification of criminals for a long period. The use of fingerprint analysis has made the criminal justice system to identify to easily and effectively identify criminal with certainty (Dror et al., 2012). This approach ensures that criminals are brought to justice thus achieving fairness, justice, and equality for all the parties involved. The forensic scientist collect fingerprints marks at a crime scene and match it with the fingerprint database to identify criminals involved in different crimes.
The adoption of criminal justice has made it possible to handle undetected cases where there are not suspect. According to Dror et al (2012), the collection of fingerprints in crime and profiling them enables forensic scientists to identify the persons involved in crime or related to it. The collected evidence is matched with the existing fingerprints to identify the criminals. On the other hand, fingerprints are used in identifying bodies in crime scenes thus making conclusions in investigations and cases. Therefore, fingerprints analysis technology enables the criminal justice system to identify suspects or criminals in a case thus making it effective to prosecute them in the interest of justice for all the affected parties.
The fingerprints analysis database and technology are adopted in building up evidence and criminal cases both in the present and the future. The collecting of fingerprints in the crime scene takes the comparing and contrasting them in the course of matching them. The process gathers information that can be used to link the current and future cases thus solving them effectively. The fingerprints and related cases ensure that stored for future reference (Dror et al., 2012). Therefore, fingerprint analysis can be adopted in handling past unresolved cases using the already collected data or current data.
The use of fingerprint analysis and technology enhances absolute certainty in the testifying in cases and identification of criminals. Ratha and Bolle (2003) show that fingerprints are distinctive and they rarely change and thus they identify suspects and criminals with certainty. The forensic scientist analyzes the fingerprints through the identification of ridge length, shape and depth of ridges and the general shape of the ridge. Analysts use their experiences to evaluate, identify matches in fingerprints and use of exclusion to perfectly identify suspects and criminals. The process however needs to be improved through developing standards and enhancing validity and testing in the process (Ratha and Bolle, 2003).). Fingerprints therefore provide evidence with certainty thus making it easy to handle issues and processes in the criminal justice system with facts and evidence.
Impact of Inmate Classification Systems (ICS)
The inmate classifications systems are developed critically to evaluate and assess inmates’ program and custody needs to ensure that the inmates are effectively rehabilitated and integrated into the society upon the completion of their jail terms. The classification identifies different factors such as security risk group membership, discipline history, presence of pending charges, length of sentence, and history of violence, inmate escape profile and severity of the offense. Under the system, the risks associated and related to an inmate to enhance proper decision making on programs and housing assignments meant to rehabilitate them (Hardyman, Austin, and Tulloch, 2002). The system ensures that inmate assaults, suicide attempts, and escape attempts are significantly reduced.
The inmate classification system technology had a significant impact on the criminal justice system to ensure that the rehabilitation and restoration of inmates are done in the interest of the inmate and the society. ICS enhances the safety of the public, penitentiary staff, and other inmates. The system ensures that dangerous offenders are effectively-identified through the Assessment of their arrests, past convictions, and criminal history as well as other classification procedures (Hardyman, Austin, and Tulloch, 2002). The approach ensures that dangerous offenders are given maximum care and separated from other parties. They are therefore effectively rehabilitated and reformed for a common good.
The ICS technology ensures the inmates’ rights are protected as well as protecting them from liability. The jails are modeled and inclined to observe objective methods to handle and manage inmates (Austin, 2003). The prisoners’ rights are protected from deterioration by minimizing inmate isolation, providing at least restrictive environment and provision of rehabilitation programs.
Conclusion
The databases, technologies, and policies in the penitentiary and correctional facilities are for the common good. They aid in ensuring to ensure the criminal justice system process achieve their purpose. The database and technology Help in the effective management of the inmates in the interest of society. Database capabilities and technology ensure that the inmates are effectively rehabilitated.
References
Austin, J. (2003). Findings in prison classification and risk assessment. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Dror, I. E., Wertheim, K., FraserâMackenzie, P., & Walajtys, J. (2012). The impact of humanâtechnology cooperation and distributed cognition in forensic science: biasing effects of AFIS contextual information on human experts. Journal of forensic sciences, 57(2), 343-352.
Hardyman, P. L., Austin, J., & Tulloch, O. C. (2002). Revalidating external prison classification systems: The experience of ten states and model for classification reform. US Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections.
Ratha, N., & Bolle, R. (Eds.). (2003). Automatic fingerprint recognition systems. Springer Science & Business Media.
