SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (FROM CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A READER, 1970 BY CARL A. BERSANI - SEE NCJ-006248)

• NCJ Number: 10225
• Author(s): A BLUMSTEIN
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Macmillan
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM THE ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, (NOVEMBER 1967)

Annotation

QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES UTILIZED BY THE NATIONAL CRIME COMMISSION'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Abstract

THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ARE OUTLINED AND THEN DISCUSSED IN LIGHT OF THEIR APPLICATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE ANALYSIS OF A SPECIFIC ACTIVITY, THE APPREHENSION PROCESS, IS CONSIDERED. ALSO COVERED IS THE APPLICATION OF MODELING TECHNIQUES IN STUDYING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND SUCH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS ARREST PROBABILITY.