Data Manipulation
Until recently it has proved technically difficult to exchange data between computer
systems. While these problems are being rapidly overcome, many agencies can still
mount only limited analysis of the databases which their work generates.
For example, few police forces are able to do complex analysis of data on calls
for service. Conceptually simple processes can be technically complex to measure.
Repeat victimisation is the best example: crime databases have to be searched for
records which match on grid-reference or name or address (or combinations of these).
This is still beyond the capability of many systems.
The solution:
software from a number of sources can be used to overcome data quality and manipulation
problems, and to ensure accuracy when plotting data (Click
here for a link to the Contacts page of Focus
Areas Toolkit). This may allow agencies to retain the way that they collect data.
An alternative approach is to use consultants to perform data cleansing on behalf
of the partnership at specific times.
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