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Criminal justice systems are complex. They are composed of several major subsystems, including the police, courts, and corrections, which are in turn composed of many minor subsystems. Predicting the response of a criminal justice system to changes in subsystems is often difficult. Mathematical modeling can serve as a powerful tool for understanding and predicting the behavior of these systems under different scenarios. In this chapter, we provide the process flow of the criminal justice system of the British Columbia, Canada. We further develop a system dynamics model of the criminal justice system, and show how this model can assist strategic decision-makers and managers make better decisions.
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This work was supported by the Complex Systems Modeling Group (CSMG) at the Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS) Centre - Simon Fraser University, and by the working group and steering committee of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and the Ministry of Attorney General (PSSG/AG) in British Columbia, Canada. We would like to acknowledge the input from the members of the Complex Systems Modelling Group. We also are grateful for technical support from the IRMACS Centre, Simon Fraser University.
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Dabbaghian, V. et al. (2014). High-Level Simulation Model of a Criminal Justice System. In: Dabbaghian, V., Mago, V. (eds) Theories and Simulations of Complex Social Systems. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39149-1_6
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