The threat of crime became a global issue nowadays. Terrorism, organized
crime, crime by nation can be mentioned as typical examples.
The crimes in modern society can't be identified to happen when, where and
how being different from those traditional crimes(murder, robbery, sexual
abuse, arson).
This was the result of changed security environment that needs to address
wide range of crimes as being indicated sporadic characteristics of modern
threat of crime such as terrorism threat targeting unidentified masses as well
as the emergence of systemic phenomenon of organized crimes and crime
committed by nation.
In this regard, the case of 9.11 occurred in 2001 can be deemed as an
example that made a dramatic turn around to the security environment.
After the terrorism, it provided an opportunity to rethink not only USA but
also to the institutions all over the world that deals with crime about gathering,
management, utilization of crime intelligence.
As a result of which there appeared a change in police activities more
effectively in gathering & managing crime information and ILP is the very
activity that emerged from the USA/UK countries.
This aims police activities to minimize the threat of crime being the system
reflecting a framework to manage more directly to control crime by gathering
and processing information.
In view of the global change of security environment as a common
phenomenon, the need to direct to ILP has increased in Korea in line with such
security environmental change.
Accordingly, this study focused on the method of introduction of ILP and
presentation of matters for discussion by reviewing ILP activities of the
USA/UK countries.