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Computers and data processing will be examined from the systems point of view. The topics to be discussed include data organization, hardware and software system analysis, data storage, input and output, computers and society, and a brief introduction to computer programming. A variety of the applications of data processing to criminal justice will also be examined. Such examples may include optimal location of police and fire houses, fingerprint searching, automatic cryptography, traffic analysis, computer assisted patrol car dispatch, automation of junk “pawn shop” records, etc. (Offered spring semesters.) |