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Organization and Management in the Criminal Justice System
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Organization and Management in the Criminal Justice System
A Text/Reader

September 2013 | 672 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Integrating the theoretically-framed, empirically-supported content of a traditional textbook and an edited reader into a single volume, this text/reader exposes students to original primary works (26 readings) in the field of organization and management while providing them with a comprehensive review of the field. The book covers the field’s core foundational theories and works, as well as contemporary theories and cutting-edge research. Demonstrating that organizations matter and that the study of organizations has far-reaching utility, the book applies broader organization and management principles to a wide range of key entities including police, courts, and corrections, as well as drug traffickers, sex offender treatment providers, and homeland security agencies. Each of these organizations has a criminal justice nexus and is discussed alongside the major components of the criminal justice system. From organizational theory to managing a criminal justice organization, this book is a must-read for anyone pursuing a career in criminal justice administration.
 
Section I. Introduction: Why Should We Study Criminal Justice Organizations?
 
Section II. Organizational Structure: How Do We Build Organizations?
Reading 1. The Impact of Centralization and Formalization on Correctional Staff Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment by Eric G. Lambert, Eugene A. Paoline, and Nancy Lynne Hogan

 
Reading 2. Factors to Consider for Optimal Span of Control in Community Supervision Evidence-Based Practice Environments by Gaylene S. Armstrong

 
Reading 3. The Organizational Structure of International Drug Smuggling by Jana S. Benson and Scott H. Decker

 
 
Section III. Organizational Theory: How Do We Explain What Organizations Look Like?
Reading 4. “McJustice”: On the McDonaldization of Criminal Justice by Robert Bohm

 
Reading 5. Maintaining the Myth of Individualized Justice: Probation Presentence Reports by John Rosecrance

 
 
Section IV. Organizational Deviance and Termination: What Explains Failure in Criminal Justice Agencies?
Reading 6. Bureaucracy, Managerial Disorganization, and Administrative Breakdown in Criminal Justice Agencies byClarissa Freitas Dias and Michael S. Vaughn

 
Reading 7. Social Theory and the Street Cop: The Case of Deadly Force by Klinger, David

 
 
Section V. Interagency Collaboration: Are Two or More Organizations [Combined] Better Than One?
Reading 8. The Intelligence Fusion Process for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement by David L. Carter and Jeremy G. Carter

 
Reading 9. A Specialized Domestic Violence Court in South Carolina: An Example of Procedural Justice for Victims and Defendants by Angela R. Gover, Eve M. Brank, and John M. MacDonald

 
 
Section VI. Unions and Collective Bargaining: United We Stand?
Reading 10. Police Employee Organizations by Colleen Kadleck

 
Reading 11. Prison Officer Unions and the Perpetuation of the Penal Status Quo by Joshua Page

 
 
Section VII. Organizational Socialization: How Does a Person Learn to “Behave” in an Organization?
Reading 12. Saying One Thing, Meaning Another: The Role of Parables in Police Training by Robert E. Ford

 
Reading 13. An Officer and a Lady: Organizational Barriers to Women Working as Correctional Officers in Men’s Prisons by Nancy C. Jurik

 
 
Section VIII. Motivation and Job Design: How Do We Light a Fire Under Employees?
Reading 14. Motivation as a Predictor of Therapeutic Engagement in Mandated Residential Substance Abuse Treatment by Matthew L. Hiller, Kevin Knight, Carl Leukefeld, and D. Dwayne Simpson

 
Reading 15. Organizational Justice and Police Misconduct by Scott E. Wolfe and Alex R. Piquero

 
Reading 16. Job Design, Community Policing, and Higher Education: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles W. Sherwood

 
 
Section IX. Occupational Stress and Burnout: Is This Job Killing Me?
Reading 17. A Qualitative Assessment of Stress Perceptions Among Members of a Homicide Unit by Dean A. Dabney, Heith Copes, Richard Tewksbury, and Shila R. Hawk-Tourtelot

 
Reading 18. The Nature of Occupational Stress Among Public Defenders by David R. Lynch

 
Reading 19. Factors Contributing to Levels of Burnout Among Sex Offender Treatment Providers by Rebecca A. Shelby, Rebecca M. Stoddart, and Kathryn L. Taylor

 
 
Section X. Leadership: Are You a Leader or a Follower?
Reading 20. The Ineffective Police Leader: Acts of Commission and Omission by Joseph A. Schafer

 
Reading 21. Leadership and Correctional Reform by James B. Jacobs and Elana Olitsky

 
 
Section XI. Power in Organizations: How are Subordinates, Suspects, Inmates, and Clients Controlled?
Reading 22. The Society of Captives: A Study of a Maximum Security Prison by Gresham M. Sykes

 
Reading 23. The Limits of Individual Control? Perceived Officer Power and Probationer Compliance by Hayden P. Smith, Brandon K. Applegate, Alicia H. Sitren, and Nicollette Fariello Springer.

 
Reading 24. Gender, Power, and Reciprocity in the Correctional Setting by Denise L. Jenne and Robert C. Kersting

 
 
Section XII. Organizational Change: What Causes Organizations to Transform?
Reading 25. Lessons from the Battle over D.A.R.E.: The Complicated Relationship Between Research and Practice byGreg Berman and Aubrey Fox

 
Reading 26. Improving Criminal Justice Through Better Decision Making: Lessons From the Medical System by Daniel P. Mears and Sarah Bacon

 
 
Glossary
 
References
 
Credits and Sources
 
Index
 
About the Author

This is a well rounded and authoritative textbook for criminal justice administration.

Mr Blake Randol
Criminal Justice, Univ Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
August 28, 2014
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Key features
  • Through the text/reader format, students receive exposure to primary sources and learn from original material, but retain the guidance offered by a comprehensive text, introductions to readings and sections, and engaging discussion questions.
  • Key topics in organizational theory and behavior that are either missing or given scant coverage in other available texts are covered.
  • Photos, charts, and graphs enhance the authored section introductions and provide visual elements that engage readers and clarify the material.
  • Articles are edited and abridged to make them as student-friendly as possible, without doing injustice to the core points raised by the study authors or detracting from the authors’ key findings and conclusions.
  • Authored introductions to the articles and the discussion questions that follow make the research articles more accessible and useful for students.
  • Nearly 800 references on 12 key topics provide readers with a starting point for further research.

Sample Materials & Chapters

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