DP2 Politics and Governement (Police) 1st lesson of 9/11/2007

1. GIS and Mapping – how is it being used to help solve crimes (Sheliza)
a) Describe how GIS is used in solving crime.
b) Find several other articles to describe their uses. E.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3620024.stm Satellite tracking for criminals
c) What are the effects of using GIS in solving crime?


2. Describe the sorts of databases that the police would access and what techniques they would use to find the information.( Owais)

3. Visit this site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4799994.stm and discuss the issues raised from the article. (Jamsheed)

4. Currently there is the use of IP surveillance cameras around city centres – to monitor crime. (Salsa)
a) How does IP surveillance work?

b) What advantages does IP surveillance have over the original CCTV?


5. Informing the public using the websites. Visit the following link http://www.met.police.uk/ (Katalina)

a) Describe the main purpose of this site and the sort of features that are available

b) Visit other police sites – describe their similarities and differences.

6. The Internet has been used as a source of information and a recruitment tool and to host ‘Most wanted’ sites. ( Alex)

a) Describe how is MI6 using the Internet in recruitment.


b) Visit this site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4444600.stm and discuss issues being raised

7. Electronic tagging and tracking of known criminals or those on probation

a)Describe how the technology works

b)Discuss the impact ankle tagging is having on the prison service; the criminals; the general public


8. Wiretapping/Internet monitoring and Monitoring of VOIP Calls (Samuel)
a)Read the article on Wiretapping http://people.howstuffworks.com/wiretapping.htm and present a brief description of how it works.
b) How would the police – monitor internet usage?

c) With the increasing popularity of VOIP to make calls, what impact has this had on the ability of the police to monitor phone calls?