Introduction to Criminal Justice Information Systems

This book will serve as a core textbook to meet the needs of an introductory criminal justice information technology course.To date there have been few if any textbooks written that categorize, describe and promote criminal justice information systems technology. The proposed textbook is intended to provide a basis for teaching criminal justice information systems technology as well as a reference guide for those responsible for implementing this technology. While the primary purpose of this textbook is focused on the academic environment this is also a much needed professional reference.

Dr. Ioimo has over 30 years of law enforcement and public management experience. He began his career in law enforcement as an officer and rose to the rank of Deputy Chief of Police with the Simi Valley Police Department. During his tenure with the Simi Valley Police Department, Dr. Ioimo assisted the nation in the development of the first generic police records management system, known as POSSE. Dr. Ioimo rapidly gained a nationally reputation as an expert in criminal justice information systems, specifically in the areas of police mobile computing, computer-aided dispatch, record management, and crime-analysis and support systems. Dr. Ioimo left law enforcement for the private sector where he managed a number of firms that provided criminal justice software systems to police, prosecutors and courts. In 1993, Dr. Ioimo began his own consulting firm where he assisted police, prosecutors, courts and corrections with the procurement of information technology systems. Dr. Ioimo still provides these services to justice agencies today. Dr. Ioimo has assisted well over 200 justice agencies with the implementation of information systems.Today, Dr. Ioimo is an associate professor at Auburn University, at Montgomery in the Justice and Public Safety Department. He is currently the Department Head. Dr. Ioimo began his academic career in 2000 and has over 15 years’ experiences as an academician.