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The Administration and Management of Criminal Justice Organizations
A Book of Readings
Fifth Edition
In the current landscape of terrorism, record budget deficits, shrinking local tax revenues, the growing drug-offender population, and increased scrutiny of policing practices, criminal justice organizations face challenges never experienced before. Yet, much remains unchanged—criminal justice organizations serve people; they must operate efficiently and productively; they are expected to accomplish conflicting and multiple goals that are often defined by external constituencies; and they must deal with competing and conflicting internal constituencies.
The fifth edition of this ambitious collection continues with a representative sample of articles that reflect innovative ways of addressing ongoing issues faced by criminal justice administrators, managers, and employees. Fourteen articles new to this edition address central concerns of how criminal justice organizations function during very difficult times, questioning traditional methods and practices. Examples of the important topics examined in the new articles include: reintegrating offenders, diversity within police organizations, the potential for technology to require greater police accountability and better services, problem-oriented policing as a method of greater control, the “social construction” of juvenile offenders, mental health courts, and wrongful convictions.
This text is a dynamic and practical tool for anyone contemplating a career in criminal justice organizations. It offers well-researched, timely readings that provide foundational knowledge and inspire the foresight to consider all stakeholders when addressing issues confronting criminal justice organizations in our ever-changing world.
The fifth edition of this ambitious collection continues with a representative sample of articles that reflect innovative ways of addressing ongoing issues faced by criminal justice administrators, managers, and employees. Fourteen articles new to this edition address central concerns of how criminal justice organizations function during very difficult times, questioning traditional methods and practices. Examples of the important topics examined in the new articles include: reintegrating offenders, diversity within police organizations, the potential for technology to require greater police accountability and better services, problem-oriented policing as a method of greater control, the “social construction” of juvenile offenders, mental health courts, and wrongful convictions.
This text is a dynamic and practical tool for anyone contemplating a career in criminal justice organizations. It offers well-researched, timely readings that provide foundational knowledge and inspire the foresight to consider all stakeholders when addressing issues confronting criminal justice organizations in our ever-changing world.
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“I was impressed with the scope of this book. The topics that were presented challenged the status quo of traditional management thought in criminal justice and offered some valuable, heretical views on the subjects they covered. I liked the book so much that I am adopting it immediately.” — John DeCarlo, University of New Haven
Section 1: THE NATURE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
1. Two Models of the Criminal Justice System: An Organizational Perspective (Malcolm M. Feeley)
2. The Organizational Environment and Its Influence on State Criminal Justice Systems within the United States and the Offender Re-Integration Process (Leslie J. Smith)
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. Science and Politics in Police Research: Reflections on Their Tangled Relationship (Samuel Walker)
6. Addicted to the Drug War: The Role of Civil Asset Forfeiture as a Budgetary Necessity in Contemporary Law Enforcement (John L. Worrall)
Section 2: 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. Diversity in Blue: Lesbian and Gay Police Officers in a Masculine Occupation (Susan L. Miller, Kay B. Forest, and Nancy C. Jurik)
13. Fighting Cynicism: Some Reflections on Self-Motivation in Police Work (Micael Björk)
Section 3: GROUP BEHAVIOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
14. The Technological Game: How Information Technology Is Transforming Police Practice (Janet B. L. Chan)
15. Humor in the Briefing Room: A Study of the Strategic Uses of Humor Among Police (Mark R. Pogrebin and Eric D. Poole)
16. Tell Me about the Test: The Construction of Truth and Lies in Drug Court (Mitchell B. Mackinem and Paul Higgins)
17. A Culture of Harm: Taming the Dynamics of Cruelty in Supermax Prisons (Craig Haney)
18. The Illusion of Structure: A Critique of the Classical Model of Organization and the Discretionary Power of Correctional Officers (Michael J. Gilbert)
Section 4: PROCESSES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
19. Prosecutorial Discretion and Real-Offense Sentencing: An Analysis of Relevant Conduct under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Keith A. Wilmot and Cassia Spohn)
20. Institutionalizing Problem-Oriented Policing: Rethinking Problem Solving, Analysis, and Accountability (Rachel Boba and John P. Crank)
21. Case Routinization in Investigative Police Work (William B. Waegel)
22. Negotiation and Plea Bargaining Models: An Organizational Perspective (Albert R. Matheny)
23. The Social Construction of "Sophisticated" Adolescents: How Judges Integrate Juvenile and Criminal Justice Decision-Making Models (Alexes Harris)
Section 5: 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. Patterns of Practice in Mental Health Courts: A National Survey (Allison D. Redlich, Henry J. Steadman, John Monahan, Pamela Clark Robbins, and John Petrila)
27. Reducing Homicide through a "Lever-Pulling" Strategy (Edmund F. McGarrell, Steven Chermak, Jeremy M. Wilson, and Nicholas Corsaro)
28. Early Warning Systems for Police: Concept, History, and Issues (Samuel Walker, Geoffrey P. Alpert, and Dennis J. Kenney)
29. Putting the "What Works" Research into Practice: An Organizational Perspective (Jennifer L. Ferguson)
30. Criminal Justice System Reform and Wrongful Conviction: A Research Agenda (Marvin Zalman)
31. Research Utilization in Complex Organizations: A Case Study in Corrections (Rick Lovell)
1. Two Models of the Criminal Justice System: An Organizational Perspective (Malcolm M. Feeley)
2. The Organizational Environment and Its Influence on State Criminal Justice Systems within the United States and the Offender Re-Integration Process (Leslie J. Smith)
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. Science and Politics in Police Research: Reflections on Their Tangled Relationship (Samuel Walker)
6. Addicted to the Drug War: The Role of Civil Asset Forfeiture as a Budgetary Necessity in Contemporary Law Enforcement (John L. Worrall)
Section 2: 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. Diversity in Blue: Lesbian and Gay Police Officers in a Masculine Occupation (Susan L. Miller, Kay B. Forest, and Nancy C. Jurik)
13. Fighting Cynicism: Some Reflections on Self-Motivation in Police Work (Micael Björk)
Section 3: GROUP BEHAVIOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
14. The Technological Game: How Information Technology Is Transforming Police Practice (Janet B. L. Chan)
15. Humor in the Briefing Room: A Study of the Strategic Uses of Humor Among Police (Mark R. Pogrebin and Eric D. Poole)
16. Tell Me about the Test: The Construction of Truth and Lies in Drug Court (Mitchell B. Mackinem and Paul Higgins)
17. A Culture of Harm: Taming the Dynamics of Cruelty in Supermax Prisons (Craig Haney)
18. The Illusion of Structure: A Critique of the Classical Model of Organization and the Discretionary Power of Correctional Officers (Michael J. Gilbert)
Section 4: PROCESSES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
19. Prosecutorial Discretion and Real-Offense Sentencing: An Analysis of Relevant Conduct under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Keith A. Wilmot and Cassia Spohn)
20. Institutionalizing Problem-Oriented Policing: Rethinking Problem Solving, Analysis, and Accountability (Rachel Boba and John P. Crank)
21. Case Routinization in Investigative Police Work (William B. Waegel)
22. Negotiation and Plea Bargaining Models: An Organizational Perspective (Albert R. Matheny)
23. The Social Construction of "Sophisticated" Adolescents: How Judges Integrate Juvenile and Criminal Justice Decision-Making Models (Alexes Harris)
Section 5: 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. Patterns of Practice in Mental Health Courts: A National Survey (Allison D. Redlich, Henry J. Steadman, John Monahan, Pamela Clark Robbins, and John Petrila)
27. Reducing Homicide through a "Lever-Pulling" Strategy (Edmund F. McGarrell, Steven Chermak, Jeremy M. Wilson, and Nicholas Corsaro)
28. Early Warning Systems for Police: Concept, History, and Issues (Samuel Walker, Geoffrey P. Alpert, and Dennis J. Kenney)
29. Putting the "What Works" Research into Practice: An Organizational Perspective (Jennifer L. Ferguson)
30. Criminal Justice System Reform and Wrongful Conviction: A Research Agenda (Marvin Zalman)
31. Research Utilization in Complex Organizations: A Case Study in Corrections (Rick Lovell)