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Identification systems : a risk assessment framework
- Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice, no. 324
- ISBN 1 921185 19 8 ; ISSN 0817-8542
- Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, September 2006
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Abstract
Identity-related crime affects all sectors of society - and robust measures are needed to guard against its increase. There are various mechanisms used by organisations to verify the evidence of a person's identity and an important goal is to ensure that any system is as effective and efficient as possible. This paper provides a framework for assessing the competing factors that decision makers need to address when determining the effectiveness and efficiency of any proposed identity checking system. Ten groups of factors are identified, against which each system can be assessed, and a framework for quantitative analysis is provided. The adoption of any given solution must be driven by an objective assessment of evidence relating to all of these factors - not solely those governing technical performance measures.
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