SWORD, an Information Server for Juvenile Justice
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Historically the juvenile justice system in southern Mississippi kept records on cards which had to be indexed, filed and then retrieved to move children through the system. University of Southern Mississippi's SWORD system is a client-server database which was developed to improve the quality and reliability of child information. SWORD currently serves six southern Mississippi counties with 16 client sites and 2 servers with information on over 8,000 juveniles cataloged in the database. The system provides a way to store, retrieve, and modify information about clients for the detention center, juvenile court, and youth counselors. This paper outlines the SWORD architecture and discusses the technological parameters and practical considerations which contributed to its design. Also discussed are major challenges to further development of SWORD including legacy code and equipment, varying agency requirements, improved research data access and interface development with other state and federal level data banks.
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