Critical Links on Integrated Justice

The Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice has an extensive informational web site that keeps track of important news and also houses the work of the Justice XML Repository Task Force.

The work products and programs of the IJIS Industry Working Group includes a number of white papers on topics such as enterprise architecture, security guidelines, and other presentations made as a part of the IWG seminars on emerging technology.

The IJIS Institute conducts technology-based on-site assistance for state and local agencies working on building integrated justice information systems, and hosts a variety of seminars around the country for practitioners and industry representatives.

SEARCH Group, Inc., has been working on integrated justice issues since 1969 and has accumulated considerable expertise in the integrated justice field.  Many of the projects and current news about justice integration can be viewed on the Search web site.  Search has also formulated a good definition of what integration means in the justice system. 

The report of the National Task Force on Court Integration, includes case studies, information flow, and implementation strategies for integration.  Appendix F presents the results of an in-depth survey of state by state approaches to court and IJIS. 

As far back as 1967, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice prepared a detailed flow chart describing the events and flow in the criminal justice system.  The drawing was updated by the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 1997. 

NASCIO, the national association representing state CIO’s has produced a report about integrated justice information systems architecture and data sharing that sets forth a national agenda for achieving integrated justice information systems.  The report very usefully defines the requirements and suggests the kind of architecture that is going to be required.

Other links are included in the above sites.

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