150 words agree or disagree Future Criminal Intelligence Environment:  It might seem that the criminal environment has not changed, as both personal and property crimes are the part of everyday routine of law enforcement. At the same time, technological development has provided new possibilities for criminals by allowing them to steal and commit fraud at bigger scale. Future criminal intelligence environment will revolve around technologies, virtual space, and ICT. According to the current trends, high-tech crimes are growing exponentially with the inability of law enforcement to prevent or address them at once (Zavrsnik, 2010). According to the analysis of cybercrime worldwide, investigation of cybercrime has multiple barriers, including the lack of correspondence among different international agencies concerning the legal prosecution, limited number of skilled talent in law enforcement, and absence of effective methods that would allow to find and prosecute offenders (Brown, 2015). As a result, the criminals continue committing identity thefts, spreading dangerous viruses (e.g. ransomware), phishing, and hacking. Since the technologies will continue to improve and update, it is more likely that the criminals will alter their tactics. The main goal of the modern law enforcement is to prepare for the future tendencies by investing in cybercrime department, training talent, and researching the newest trends in cybercrime. Since this type of crime threatens the individual citizens as well as the entire countries, the law enforcement agencies must ensure that the organized crime does not feel comfortable in the virtual space, which can be observed today. Intelligence Analytics:  Tools and techniques in intelligence analysis might vary across the analysts, systems, and countries. Since today analysts deal with the intelligence presented in a variety of forms, including the digital one, the methods of analysis can be different. For example, basic analytical process usually includes the following steps: collect and sift all available data, construct a preliminary diagram, evaluate new information in light of old data, collect further information, develop preliminary inferences, develop conclusions, assemble a report (United Nations, 2011). This structure can vary according to the available intelligence, protocol of assembling the data, and the scheme used by a specific agency. Several basic techniques of data analysis include event charting, link, flow, and telephone analyses (Berlusconi et al., 2016). These methods are used according to the specific events, goals, and available data. Several software are used today to analyze intelligence and information, including Law Enforcement Specific GIS, RMC and CAD information exchange. Analysis is more effective if the officers have a wide variety of data. For example, today, the agencies can use social media analysis as one of the effective tools in data mining. For instance, a research exploring inte.

1. 150 words agree or disagree
Future Criminal Intelligence Environment:
It might seem that the criminal environment has not changed, as
both personal and property crimes are the part of everyday
routine of law enforcement. At the same time, technological
development has provided new possibilities for criminals by
allowing them to steal and commit fraud at bigger scale. Future
criminal intelligence environment will revolve around
technologies, virtual space, and ICT. According to the current
trends, high-tech crimes are growing exponentially with the
inability of law enforcement to prevent or address them at once
(Zavrsnik, 2010). According to the analysis of cybercrime
worldwide, investigation of cybercrime has multiple barriers,
including the lack of correspondence among different
international agencies concerning the legal prosecution, limited
number of skilled talent in law enforcement, and absence of
effective methods that would allow to find and prosecute
offenders (Brown, 2015). As a result, the criminals continue
committing identity thefts, spreading dangerous viruses (e.g.
ransomware), phishing, and hacking. Since the technologies will
continue to improve and update, it is more likely that the
criminals will alter their tactics. The main goal of the modern
law enforcement is to prepare for the future tendencies by
investing in cybercrime department, training talent, and
researching the newest trends in cybercrime. Since this type of
crime threatens the individual citizens as well as the entire
countries, the law enforcement agencies must ensure that the
organized crime does not feel comfortable in the virtual space,
which can be observed today.
Intelligence Analytics:
Tools and techniques in intelligence analysis might vary across
the analysts, systems, and countries. Since today analysts deal

2. with the intelligence presented in a variety of forms, including
the digital one, the methods of analysis can be different. For
example, basic analytical process usually includes the following
steps: collect and sift all available data, construct a preliminary
diagram, evaluate new information in light of old data, collect
further information, develop preliminary inferences, develop
conclusions, assemble a report (United Nations, 2011). This
structure can vary according to the available intelligence,
protocol of assembling the data, and the scheme used by a
specific agency. Several basic techniques of data analysis
include event charting, link, flow, and telephone analyses
(Berlusconi et al., 2016). These methods are used according to
the specific events, goals, and available data. Several software
are used today to analyze intelligence and information,
including Law Enforcement Specific GIS, RMC and CAD
information exchange. Analysis is more effective if the officers
have a wide variety of data. For example, today, the agencies
can use social media analysis as one of the effective tools in
data mining. For instance, a research exploring intelligence
officers’ perception of social media analysis revealed that this
approach became more effective over the years due to the
oversharing (Burcher & Whelan, 2017). As a result, modern
officers can analyze information from different sources.
Usable Intelligence:
Not all information is usable intelligence for the analysts. It is
important to ensure that the sources of information are credible
and valid, the data is valuable to the case, and it is verifiable.
The usability of intelligence is affected by the method and
quality of analysis. Specifically, the analyst should structure the
information and connect it to the case to make it understandable
and logically structured. In some cases, analysts should work
with limited information, unverifiable sources, and lack of
clarity in data. In this case, intelligence must be marked as
questionable. Analysis should be transform raw data into usable
intelligence by effective analysis and careful examination of

3. sources of data.
References:
Berlusconi, G., Calderoni, F., Parolini, N., Verani, M.,
& Piccardi, C. (2016). Link Prediction in Criminal Networks: A
Tool for Criminal Intelligence Analysis.
PLoS One, 11
(4): e0154244.
Brown, C. S. (2015). Investigating and Prosecuting Cyber
Crime: Forensic Dependencies and Barriers to Justice.
International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 9
(1), 55-119.
Burcher, M. & Whelan, C. (2017). Social network analysis as a
tool for criminal intelligence: Understanding its potential from
the perspectives of intelligence analysts.
Trends in Organized Crime, 21
(1), 1-17.
United Nations. (2011).
Criminal Intelligence Manual for Analysts.
New York, NY: UN.
Zavrsnik, A. (2010). Towards an Overregulated Cyberspace.
Masaryk University Journal of Law & Technology, 4
(2), 173-190.