Overview
Based on the author's three decades of experience as a criminal justice administrator and educator,Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management, Sixth Edition, presents readers with a comprehensive, real-world introduction to criminal justice administration.
New or expanded topics in the Sixth Edition include:
- Crime prevention
- CompStat
- Becoming a "great" organization
- Agency accreditation
- Contagious shootings
- Suicide by cop
- Contract, consolidated, and civilianized policing
- Media relations
- shift work and scheduling
- Federal, state, and local court systems
- Supermax prisons
- Court decisions affecting prisoners' rights
- Hostage taking
- The impact of three strikes laws
Synopsis
Justice Administration, 6/e, is the only single-author book of its kind—exploring administration from a systems perspective that looks at administrative issues and practices for all three branches: police, courts and corrections. Drawing on the author’s 35 years of experience, the text offers an authentic and unique real-world perspective and includes thirty case studies throughout. This revision addresses many new topics—from technological advances to future trends—and introduces students to the practical aspects of justice administration.