1.)
The benefits of intelligence-driven prosecution for crime stoppers and the public are that
it records citywide crimes and displays the location of crimes and arrests on the map
(Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. P pg.228).
Furthermore, CompStat records the time and
date of all the reported crime, arrests and complaints that have been made within that
week (Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. P pg.228). Another benefit that CompStat provides is
that it releases the hotspots for crime in the city. It also provides other forms of
information to assist commanders and NYPD’s senior leadership to recognise patterns
and movements that may lead to the suspect of the targeted crime (Laudon, K. C., &
Laudon, J. P pg.228). The CompStat also helps in dispatching more foot patrols to high-
crime areas in the city. Therefore, there are multiple benefits of intelligence-driven
prosecution.
2.)
The approach to crime fighting possess problems of such kind, that there is not enough
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