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The Administration and Management of Criminal Justice Organizations

A Book of Readings, Fourth Edition

 

Stan Stojkovic, John Klofas, and David Kalinich

 

Administrators of contemporary criminal justice organizations must balance their finite resources among an ever-changing list of infinite demands. Challenges come from a diverse range of constituent groups within an agency as well as from offenders and the community, often resulting in contradictory requests. The articles in this outstanding collection introduce the reader to the complexity of court, police, and correctional organizations, resulting in an appreciation of the role of the administrator. They question traditional methods and practices as administrators meet the organizational demands of the twenty-first century. These ideas permeate the five sections of the text. The first section places criminal justice organizations in the context of their structure and function. Section two examines the role of the individual by stressing the importance of an individual’s adaptation to organizational composition and demands. Section three covers group behavior, emphasizing the links between formal and informal elements within criminal justice organizations. Section four highlights the importance of criminal justice processes for an understanding of criminal justice administration. Finally, section five examines change within criminal justice organizations, noting that many reforms bring about unintended consequences for both criminal justice administrators and society.
 

$37.95 list, 617 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-310-1

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-310-2

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Table of Contents

 

Section I. THE NATURE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
1. Two Models of the Criminal Justice System (Malcolm M. Feeley)
2. The Political and Organizational Response to Gangs: An Examination of a "Moral Panic" in Nevada (Richard C. McCorkle and Terance D. Miethe)

3. The Desirability of Goal Conflict within the Criminal Justice System (Kevin N. Wright)

4. Metropolitan Development and Policing: The Elephant in the Living Room (John M. Klofas)

5. Drug Courts: A Bridge between Criminal Justice and Health Services (Suzanne L. Wenzel, Douglas Longshore, Susan Turner, and M. Susan Ridgely)

6. Addicted to the Drug War: The Role of Civil Asset Forfeiture as a Budgetary Necessity in Contemporary Law Enforcement (John L. Worrall)

Section II. THE INDIVIDUAL IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS

7. Militarizing Mayberry and Beyond: Making Sense of American Paramilitary Policing (Peter B. Kraska and Louis J. Cubellis)

8. Good Policing (James J. Fyfe)

9. "But How Can You Sleep Nights?" (Lisa J. McIntyre)

10. Supervisory Styles of Patrol Sergeants and Lieutenants (Robin Shepard Engel)

11. Getting Rid of the Prima Donnas: The Bureaucratization of a Probation Department (John Rosecrance)

12. Is a "Correctional Officer," by Any Other Name, a "Screw"? (Hans Toch)

13. Citizen Complaints and Problem Officers: Examining Officer Behavior (William Terrill and John McCluskey)

Section III. GROUP BEHAVIOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS

14. Fatal Attraction: An Analysis of Employee Boundary Violations in a Southern Prison System, 1995–1998 (James W. Marquart, Maldine B. Barnhill, and Kathy Balshaw-Biddle)

15. Humor in the Briefing Room: A Study of the Strategic Uses of Humor among Police (Mark R. Pogrebin and Eric D. Poole)

16. The Rhetoric of Personal Loyalty to Superiors in Criminal Justice Agencies (Sam S. Souryal and Deanna L. Diamond)

17. Contraband: The Basis for Legitimate Power in a Prison Social System (David B. Kalinich and Stan Stojkovic)

18. The Illusion of Structure: A Critique of the Classical Model of Organization and the Discretionary Power of Correctional Officers (Michael J. Gilbert)

Section IV. PROCESSES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS

19. Targeted Crime Reduction Efforts in Ten Communities: Lessons for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative (Erin Dalton)

20. Multijurisdictional Drug Task Forces: An Analysis of Impacts (Brad W. Smith, Kenneth J. Novak, James Frank, and Lawrence F. Travis, III)

21. Case Routinization in Investigative Police Work (William B. Waegel)

22. Negotiation and Plea Bargaining Models: An Organizational Perspective (Albert R. Matheny)

23. Maintaining the Myth of Individualized Justice: Probation Presentence Reports (John Rosecrance)

Section V. CHANGE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS

24. The Dangers of Criminal Justice Reform (Eugene Doleschal)

25. Assessing the Impediments to Organizational Change: A View of Community Policing (Rhonda Y. W. Allen)

26. This Jail for Rent: The Anatomy of a Deal Too Good to Be True (Linda L. Zupan)

27. Three Strikes as a Public Policy: The Convergence of the New Penology and the McDonaldization of Punishment (David Shichor)

28. Jails and Judicial Review: Special Problems for Local Facilities (N. E. Schafer)

29. Putting the "What Works" Research into Practice: An Organizational Perspective (Jennifer L. Ferguson)

30. The Rhetoric of Community Policing (Carl B. Klockars)

31. Research Utilization in Complex Organizations: A Case Study in Corrections (Rick Lovell)