Title: Information systems in police knowledge management

Authors: Petter Gottschalk

Addresses: Norwegian School of Management, Nydalsveien 17, 0442 Oslo, Norway

Abstract: The amount of information that police officers come into contact with in the course of their work is astounding. The purpose of this paper is to link police knowledge to information systems. First, knowledge in police work is discussed. Next, information systems in police knowledge management are discussed within the framework of the stages of growth model for knowledge management technology.

Keywords: officer-to-technology systems; officer-to-officer systems; officer-to-information systems; law enforcement; policing; officer-to-application systems; knowledge management systems; e-government; electronic governement; information systems; police knowledge.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2007.013983

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2007 Vol.4 No.2, pp.191 - 203

Published online: 07 Jun 2007 *

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