Online Crime Reporting System

Online Crime Reporting System

Online Crime Reporting System

Abstract

1.0 Introduction Modern society is characterized by increasing levels of global social mobility and uncertainty relating to levels of risk posed by internal and external security threats. Within this climate security driven by technology is increasingly being used by governments, corporate bodies and individuals to monitor and reduce risk (Lyon, 2004). There has been an acceptance that the criminal justice system is limited in its capacity to control crime which has led to the exploration of other avenues for tackling crime (Zedner, 2003) and this has provided a market for private companies to push forward the growth of technological security innovations. Crime is a major problem facing entire race of human. It is not controlled by any means and perpetrators getaway with their misconducts as most are not likely to be found after committing serious offence. However, several analysts have resolved into using technologies to aid investigation of crime and proffer solutions that will not only curb crime but also monitor individuals with their immediate environments. 1.1 Background of Study Crime is a human experience and is as old as the human race. Crime is geographical. It occurs at a specific place, specific time and specific reason. It can affect everyone and anyone at any time (Boba, 2005). Both IT and crime are complex and constantly changing. Social and

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rime is part of human activities and needs to be managed. No human society has ever been totally free of deviants and it is unlikely that society will ever be. The more populated and complex a society becomes the wider the range of antisocial conduct that must be controlled by government using police power. The incident-based system reports on a much broader range of crimes and includes data on the circumstances of the crime, the victim, and the defendant. The current crime reporting system is faced with several difficulties as...