Arizona Integrated Justice Research Project

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Arizona IntegratedJustice Research Project

• Joint Effort Between AZ Supreme Court and Arizona
  State University
• Graduate Students MBA/MSIM Program
• Bill Staley
• Henry Humphreys
• Pat Dickson

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Arizona IntegratedJustice Research Project

• Purpose
• Provide The State of Arizona
• with Insights into Future Integration

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Arizona IntegratedJustice Research Project

• Goals
• Identify Trends
• Identify Barriers
• Analysis
• Recipe for Success

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Arizona IntegratedJustice Research Project

• Methodology
• National Survey and Research
• Survey of State Agencies

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National Survey

• 26 States Surveyed
• Phone Interviews
• Electronic Survey
• www.search.org
• Document Review

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National Survey

• Objectives of IJ Systems
• Benefits
• Lessons Learned

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Objectives

• Improve Performance
• Improve Public Safety
• Enhance Decision Support

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Improving Performance

• Data Quality
• Efficiency
• Security
• Redundancy
• Standardization

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Public Safety

• Violent Criminals
• Sex Offenders
• Erroneous Releases
• Gun Sales

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Decision Support

• Current Data on Request
• Accurate Data
• Data Mining Analysis
• Compliance Monitoring

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Realized Benefits

• Dramatic Reductions in Costs
• Enhanced Decision Making
• Increased Public Safety

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Lessons Learned

• Commitment at all Levels
• Stable Funding
• Dedicated Staff
• Miscellaneous

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Commitment

• Local Agencies are Customers
• Governing Body
• Legislation
• Standards, Objectives, Requirements
• Ownership

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Funding

• Thorough Analysis of Requirements
• IT Staff
• Training
• Examine all Potential Sources
• Legislation

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Dedicated IT Staff

• System Integrity
• No Split Loyalties
• Ownership
• Limited Agency Resources

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Miscellaneous

• Team Spirit
• Maintain Vendor Competition
• Avoid Study/Project Syndrome
• Incremental Implementation

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Arizona Survey

• Research
• Interviews with Justice Agencies
• Mapping Information Flow

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Insights

• Common Goals
• Similar Data Needs
• High IT Competency
• Communication and Information Sharing
• Integration Barriers

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Common Goals

• Agencies strive for justice
• Widespread interest among agencies
• Several independent projects in process

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Similar Data Needs

• Some Data is Agency Specific
• Agencies use and need Similar Information

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High IT Competency

• Agencies have talented IT staffs
• Agencies have impressive systems or effective
  ideas for implementation
• Collective IT knowledge is an asset

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Communication

• Agencies Share Information
• Some Electronic Information
• Many Manual Processes

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Integration Barriers

• Absence of Standards
• Substantial Costs
• Resistance to Change
• Lack of Buy-in
• Security

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Conclusions Thus Far

• Ready and able to integrate
• Need to continue state-wide integration survey
• Form a governing body
• Models for successful implementation
• Set standards

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Research Legacy

• Analysis of successful projects
• Lessons learned
• Introductory survey of Arizona
• Web Page May 2, 1999

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Questions?