The current process - sharing case data
A flexible framework to meet both central and local requirements.
The current process
Today, an alleged offender, and his/her case, travel through a number of CJ organisations. Each interact at various stages
of the process that starts with the recording of the crime and ends with sentencing and then, when apropriate, reintegration
into society. Traditionally, police start the process - crimes are reported, incidents are investigated and arrests are made.
Police then collaborate with prosecution services and a case is presented to court. Independent judges and juries conduct
the trial and, if the offender is found guilty and charged, the National Offender Management Service is involved.
Sharing case data
Each of the seven main CJ organisations currently maintains its own individual records which have to be shared amongst the
other agencies. When information, which is often paper based, is exchanged, problems are encountered: data moves too slowly
across boundaries and effort is duplicated. As a result, errors and inconsistencies are commonplace and it is difficult to
respond to enquiries and produce accurate statistics.
Meeting both central and local requirements
To deliver accurate consistent information in a timely and efficient manner, when and where required, at both strategic and
tactical levels, it is essential that standards for joining up the various organisations are handled centrally. It is, however,
equally vital that specific local needs are addressed and that flexibility is built into the system to allow processes to
be adapted. In this way new IT components can be exploited as they become available.
A flexible IT infrastructure to support modernisation
The new IT infrastructure must provide a framework that spans the entire CJ system and supports the local/virtual teams. It
must also be able cope with the changes that will inevitably occur.In this respect, the CJ system requirement is no different
from that of other public services, such as the Health Service and MoD, where very large-scale, highly secure systems, have
been built on a common infrastructure to enable business transformation and modernisation.
An experienced supplier
Fujitsu has significant experience of designing and implementing complex, high availability systems and has worked in partnership
with both public and private sectors clients, including the Criminal Justice sector across the world, to deliver systems that
facilitate major business change and provide rapid, on-demand access to accurate, consistent data.
Criminal Justice Bulletin:
Fujitsu has produced a number of articles addressing the issues faced by the Criminal Justice System. View the PDF
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