DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WEB BASED CRIME RECORD AND INFORMATION SYSTEM

Internet access provides users an easy access to report their crimes and ability to see wanted criminals and safety tips and news through Internet technologies. Crime fighters (like the Nigerian Police Force) and users therefore need a system to manage and facilitate Online Crime Reporting. There is also a need to move from traditional reporting techniques that are sometimes inconvenient, time wasting and adopt social media methods of reporting so that anyone can report a crime from anywhere at any time.The Online Crime Reporting System (OCRS) system enables users to register and report their crimes online, so this system helps users to report their crime online without moving long distances.In order to achieve the design of this research work, ASP.Net and VB.Net were used as the programming tools for the frontend design and Microsoft Access was used as the system backend. The research methodology used for this system design is RAD (Rapid Application Development) which was considered suitable for this design