Unified Criminalistic Information System for Investigation of Crimes and Violations of Law

The main objective in storing criminalistic records has always been to assist the smooth running of the criminal justice system. In other words the main objective of criminalistic databases and collections is provide with information the investigation of crimes and other violations of law. The research considers the use of criminalistic databases and other records within criminal justice system and analyses the Lithuanian criminalistic databases and other criminalistic records. The Lithuanian criminalistic databases are separate and uncoordinated. The research insists that a new unified national criminalistic information system should be created and held in computerised form on the police national information centre. The national unified criminalistic information system can ensure that investigators will be provided of reliable information as soon as possible. This new integrated system would combine all separate criminalistic databases, collections and records. The unified software and systematise electronic connection, progressive information recognition and research systems have to be used. The unified national criminalistic information system will be created by these factors: the entire information system should be held on a single computerised system with unified software and systematise electronic connection; the new classification criterions of facts; the new system should permit searching on characteristics other than name in order to exploit the investigative potential of the records; the main objective is investigation of crimes and others violations of law.