Date: July 12th, 2020
Name: Melanie Moarry
Management Information Systems
Activity 2: Data-Driven Crime Fighting Goes Global
Case Study Questions
1. What are the benefits of intelligence-driven prosecution for crime fighters
and the general public?
There are quite a few benefits of intellegence-driven prosecution. For crime fighters, it
helps showing them the locations in which crimes are very common to occur, which
leads them to increase police patrol. It also helps to identify repeat offenders, which can
lead to longer, more accurate sentencing for these individuals, resulting in less crimes.
For the general public, it helps create an ease of mind. Knowing that the police is able to
identify high crime areas and allows for more patrol over them makes the public feel as
if they are a bit safer. It also helps them since less crimes are known to take place with
the system, so less of the public has to deal with the aftermaths of the crimes.
2. What problems does this approach to crime fighting pose?
This approach to crime fighting can cause multiple problems. The first major problem is
there are over 105,000 cases in New York daily, which range from minor offenses like a
bicycle theft, to major offenses like murder. People who have minor offenses could
argue that they are “wrongfully” or shouldn’t be in the system. It could also create false
data about a certain location.
Another problem is that even though this data and analysis could be used to identify
people who are most likely to commit a crime or plot a terrorist attack. Civil liberties
groups around the globe are concerned that these systems operate without judicial or
public oversight, and can easily be abused by authorities.
3. What management, organization, and technology issues should be