 Muscarello and Dahbur recognized the need for their hybrid system as a result of recognized deficiencies in police practices.These deficiencies were said to be a result of the police's difficulties in analyzing data and transforming it into information that could be useful in the investigation of crimes.In addition to assisting law enforcement officials interpret data, the CSSCP was also designed to help investigators determine which criminal data was critical to an investigation and which format it should be stored in.