Criminal justice computer literacy: Implications for the twenty-first century

Abstract

This article discusses the need to provide criminal justice graduates with the computer skills that will be required of criminal justice practitioners and researchers in the twenty-first century. The discussion describes the need for integrating computerization with criminal justice curricula, the importance of computer literacy in criminal justice education, and the use of computer hardware and software in the criminal justice field. Computer knowledge used by both the practitioner and the researcher are described. Recommendations are made regarding future curriculum revisions, innovative teaching approaches, and new expected outcomes for criminal justice graduates.