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100 1 Wong, Carolyn,|d1952-|eauthor.
245 10 Evaluation of National Institute of Justice-funded
geospatial software tools :|btechnical and utility
assessments to improve tool development, dissemination,
and usage /|cCarolyn Wong, Paul Sorensen, James S.
Hollywood.
264 1 Santa Monica, California :|bRAND,|c2014.
264 4 |c©2014
300 1 online resource (xxv, 93 pages).
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
490 1 RAND Corporation research report series ;|vRR-418-NIJ
500 "RAND Safety and Justice Program."
500 The research described in this report was sponsored by the
Bureau of Justice Assistance and was conducted in the
Safety and Justice Program within RAND Justice,
Infrastructure, and Environment."--Title page verso.
500 "A geospatial software tool-evaluation study conducted for
the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) assessed 14 recent
tool developments funded by NIJ. The study integrates
input from tool developers and tool users with RAND
Corporation researchers' independent tool assessments. The
evaluation finds that 12 of the 14 NIJ development awards
resulted in fully functional tools for the law enforcement
community. Collectively, the tools provided the law
enforcement community with access to new and enhanced
geospatial capabilities to improve crime analysis. From a
holistic perspective of NIJ's tool-development efforts,
the evaluation finds that NIJ can maximize benefits on
future tool developments by addressing several apparent
policy gaps and inconsistencies with respect to awardee
requirements and oversight, including ensuring that
policies assign NIJ or Department of Justice official
roles and responsibilities for the latter phases of
software development, including integration and test,
implementation, operations and maintenance, and
disposition; developing tool-dissemination plans;
establishing go-to sources for tool-deployment
notifications; establishing a process and source of
funding to address limitations in the initial version of
the tool, such as a small post-tool-delivery modification
fund; and taking the lead to address emerging
interoperability and information-sharing issues. Acting on
these recommendations will ensure that NIJ consistently
maximizes benefits to the law enforcement community from
its future tool development awards."--Page 4 of cover.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-93).
505 0 Introduction -- Methodology and Data Collection -- Tool
Assessments -- Overall Evaluations, Findings, and
Recommendations -- Appendix: ISO/IEC 12207:2008 and
Software Life-Cycle Models.
520 A geospatial software tool-evaluation study conducted for
the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) assessed 14 recent
tool developments funded by NIJ. The study integrates
input from tool developers and tool users with RAND
Corporation researchers' independent tool assessments. The
evaluation finds that 12 of the 14 NIJ development awards
resulted in fully functional tools for the law enforcement
community. Collectively, the tools provided the law
enforcement community with access to new and enhanced
geospatial capabilities to improve crime analysis. From a
holistic perspective of NIJ's tool-development efforts,
the evaluation finds that NIJ can maximize benefits on
future tool developments by addressing several apparent
policy gaps and inconsistencies with respect to awardee
requirements and oversight, including ensuring that
policies assign NIJ or Department of Justice officials
roles and responsibilities for the latter phases of
software development, including integration and test,
implementation, operations and maintenance, and
disposition; developing tool-dissemination plans;
establishing go-to sources for tool-deployment
notifications; establishing a process and source of
funding to address limitations in the initial version of
the tool, such as a small post-tool-delivery modification
fund; and taking the lead to address emerging
interoperability and information-sharing issues. Acting on
these recommendations will ensure that NIJ consistently
maximizes benefits to the law enforcement community from
its future tool development awards.
588 0 Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed
on May 19, 2014).
650 0 Law enforcement|xTechnological innovations|zUnited States
|xEvaluation.
650 0 Geographic information systems|zUnited States|xEvaluation.
650 0 Federal aid to law enforcement agencies|zUnited States
|xEvaluation.
650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xAmerican Government|xGeneral.|2bisacsh
700 1 Sorensen, Paul,|d1967-|eauthor.
700 1 Hollywood, John S.,|d1973-|eauthor.
710 2 Rand Safety and Justice (Program),|eissuing body.
710 1 United States.|bBureau of Justice Assistance,|esponsoring
body.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aWong, Carolyn.|tEvaluation of National
Institute of Justice-funded geospatial software tools.
|dSanta Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]
|z9780833085672|w(OCoLC)876349954
830 0 Research report (Rand Corporation) ;|vRR-418-NIJ.
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