Technology EXAM 2 study Guide: Fall, 2015
Exam Format: Identifications/short answers (60%) and essays (40%)
Exam Date: Tuesday, Nov.17, 2015
Required Reading and Links to Review: Text chapters on police and soft technology ( Harris), police and hard technology( Hummer) Courts and Hard Technology( Bellone), and Courts and Soft Technology( Corbett), along with video and reading links listed on weekly schedule.
2. Key topics covered: visit our course webpage and review PowerPoint summaries of class lectures
3. Key Terms from Text and Lectures: Where to look
1. JNET (Pennsylvania)….. ch.9
2. Courtroom 21 Project….ch.8
3. NCSC’s CourTools…….ch.9
4. Operation Drug Test in the Federal Pretrial System: What was it?..... class lecture
5. Data Warehousing……ch.9
6. MDTs, CAD and RMS…. Ch.7
7. What are sentencing guidelines? Describe the Massachusetts Sentencing Guidelines Grid? How can guideline be revised to reduce incarceration?..... Class lecture (Courts ppt)
8. Car 54 project….class notes( soft technology and police ppt; link on schedule)
9. What is ARJIS? Did it improve clearance rates for violent and property crime in San Diego?....ch.7
10. Compstat: What is it? Does it improve police performance?...... cgh.7
11. Bullet Proof Vests: do they work?...... ch.6
12. Police Early Intervention Systems….ch.7
13. Current Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court….class lecture( Courts ppt)
14. Training of lawyers in the use of new technology: What % trained?...... Ch.8
15. Implementation level of court IT projects: % completed on time and under budget….. ch.9
16. Dekalb County Radio Frequency Identification Technology…..ch.9
17. Multnomah County’s Sentencing Support Tools…..ch.9
18. Hot Spots, COP, and POP: define….. ch.7
19. Operation Ceasefire: What was it? Did it reduce violence in Boston? What about LA? ….lecture, Soft technology of policr ppt, Operation Ceasefire link, article on LA replication in materials section of webpage
20. Supreme Court’s view of technology in courtroom?..... lecture, Court ppt, link to article by Justice Roberts in PPT
21. TASER effectiveness…. Ch 6, updated in lecture, PPT on Taser
22. Paramilitary police units: What are they and what do they do?.... lecture, PPT on police technology
23. What is the drug of choice among drug users in urban, suburban and rural drug courts?... Lecture, Drug Court PPT
24. E-Government Act of 2002 and PACER profits…. Lecture, Court Technology and Court Performance PPT, link to PACER
25. Supreme Court and Facebook: Elonis v. United States…. Lecture, Court PPT.
Sample Essay Questions: Where to look
1. What types of skill sets and training are currently needed for a career in federal law enforcement? Are technology-related skills and training needed? What other skills and training are needed? See ppt lecture
2. Provide an overview of hard technology and police: types of innovations include weapons, chemical irritants, tasers; nonelectric immobilizing devices such as water pressure, trap nets, sticky foam; technology related to vehicle pursuits, such as barrier strips; and technology designed for officer safety, such as body armor; and other technologies, such as license plate readers, and body worn cameras. Do they improve police performance?.....Ch.6, video, and Police lectures/PPT
3. Provide an overview of police use of soft/ information technology: CAD, MDTs, RMS, POP, hot spots/ smart policing, Improvements in criminal history data systems, including federal ( NCIC), state and local( fusion centers, ARJIS in San Diego), operation ceasefire, gunshot location devices, and early warning systems. Do they improve police performance? ( Highlight NRC review of impact on police performance)…..Ch.7, Ceasefire replication study in materials section, link on schedule to operation ceasefire, video, and Police PPT
4. Provide an overview of new(hard and soft) court technology: video conferencing, instant drug testing, real time transcription, use of computers, videos, etc. in courtroom and jury deliberations; weapon detection thru court entry screening; drug testing, data warehouses, COURTOOLS, sentencing support tools. Do they improve court performance?.... ch6, ch.7, and lectures, plus video links on schedule
5. Provide an overview of Drug Courts: number, target population, key features, effectiveness in areas of drug use( short vs long term desistance), criminal behavior and cost. Compare drug courts to Project HOPE: How do they differ?..... Class lecture, video, Drug Court PPT.
6. Briefly describe and then highlight the unique information needs of the following specialized Courts ( reentry courts, veterans courts, domestic violence courts, and community courts)….. Class lecture and PPT, links on schedule to problem solving courts, Center for Court Innovation links in PPT
7. Changing Profile of Police, long term trends in violence reduction, and Police use of force statistics: Are they related? How often--and why-- do police use force? Has the introduction of tasers reduced police officers’ use of lethal force?.... Lecture, ch.6, Taser/Use of Force PPT