What are some examples of the
effectiveness of criminal justice research in finding solutions to
problems?
Some of the examples of
effectiveness of criminal justice research leading to improvements
in the system or solutions to problems are as follows:
- Policing: crime has steadily been
increased in the communities,m while the police the police
department has been trying to understand the relationship between
practices as well as goals.
- Use of solvability factor
screensheets for assessing crimes.
- Shift in dynamics towards the
response to spouse abuse
- Use of better equipment for
monitoring people
- Use of high quality cameras and use
of equipment for identification of bombs.
- Creation of integrated and
nationalised databases
- Higher rates of successful
prosecution
- Integration of psycho therapy for
improvements of the offenders after court order
- Integration with expert witnesses
for factual testimonies.