3rd Edition

Managing Criminal Justice Organizations An Introduction to Theory and Practice

324 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Managing Criminal Justice Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition , covers the formal and informal nature of the organizations involved in criminal justice. Kania and Davis provide an introduction to the administration, organization, and management of criminal justice organizations. This management aspect is the key to ensuring the proper running of criminal justice... Read more

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. Decision-Making 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

Glossary

Biography

Richard Kania joined Jacksonville State University in 2005. He served as the department head of Criminal Justice for a number of years and has stayed on as a professor. 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.

Richards P. Davis is a Professor and Department Head for Criminal Justice at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. He also directs JSU’s Center for Applied Forensics and Center for Best Practices in Law Enforcement.