Managing Criminal Justice Organizations

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4377-3489-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 663 g

This book studies the formal and informal nature of the organizations involved in criminal justice, covering their organizational environments; the processes of leadership, management, and decision-making; organizational communications; staffing and training; planning and budgeting; and organizational development and controlled change. It acquaints the readers with the historical developments and application of a wide range of managerial theories, principles, and problems of managing criminal justice organizations.

NEW TO THIS EDITION: More information on the management of the judiciary and community corrections Additional discussion of contingency theory and how criminal justice management must remain flexible in dealing with outside forces An examination of employee turnover, ist causes, and how to deal with it Thorough discussion of training opportunities and the impact of college education New text boxes highlighting important figures in the field

Zielgruppe

Students in the criminal justice field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kania, Richard R. E.

Davis, Richards P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Public Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Criminal Justice Management

2. Management Positions in Criminal Justice

3. Historical Antecedents

4. Leading in Criminal Justice

5. Organizing Criminal Justice

6. Decisionmaking and Planning

7. Evaluating, Appraising and Assessing Performance

8. Staffing and Personnel Issues

9. Training and Education for Criminal Justice

10. Allocating Key Organizational Resources

11. Reporting for Criminal Justice: Information Management and Organizational Communications

12. Future Issues in Criminal Justice Management

Über Autor(innen)

Kania, Richard R. E.
Richard Kania joined Jacksonville State University in 2005 to be the department head of Criminal Justice. He had been at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke since 1999, leading their Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Kania served in the Army in Berlin and in Vietnam. He also was a city police officer, and that experience led him to direct his focus to a teaching career in criminal justice.