Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology Federal Support of State and Local Law Enforcement

• Main Author: Schwabe, William (auth)
• Other Authors: Davis, Lois M. (auth), Jackson, Brian A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2001
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Under the American federal system, most law is cast as state statutes and local ordinances; accordingly, most law enforcement is the responsibility of state and local agencies. Federal law and federal law enforcement come into play only where there is rationale for it, consistent with the Constituti...