Justice Administration
Police, Courts, and Corrections Management
5th Edition
Published on 24. August 2006
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-0-13-220673-0 (ISBN)
Description
Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management, Fifth Edition, is the only single-author book of its kind: exploring administration from a systems perspective and examining the organization, operation, personnel roles, functions, issues and practices of the police, courts, and corrections. Drawing on the author's 35 years of experience, the text offers an authentic and unique real -world perspective. This revision incorporates more than 30 case studies, discussions of future considerations, articles from Law Enforcement News and a new chapter on terrorism and homeland defense. Updated material addresses topics such as the Prison Litigation Reform Act, probation-police partnerships, computer crime and probation, and new technologies.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
930 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-220673-0 (9780132206730)
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Ken J. Peak
Justice Administration
Book
02/2009
6th Edition
Pearson
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05/2003
4th Edition
Pearson
€63.13
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Content
PART I: JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION: AN INTRODUCTION
1. The Study and Scope of Justice Administration
2. Organization and Administration: Principles and Practices
PART II: THE POLICE
3. Police Organization and Operation
4. Police Personnel Roles and Functions
5. Police Issues and Practices
6. Terrorism and Homeland Defense
PART III: THE COURTS
7. Court Organization and Operation
8. Court Personnel Roles and Functions
9. Court Issues and Practices
PART IV: CORRECTIONS
10. Corrections Organization and Operation
11. Corrections Personnel Roles and Functions
12. Corrections Issues and Practices
PART V: ISSUES SPANNING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM: ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES AND PRACTICES
13. Ethical Considerations
14. Rights of Criminal Justice Employees
15. Special Challenges: Discipline, Labor Relations, and Liability
16. Financial Administration
17. Technologies Now and for the Future
APPENDIX I: RELATED WEB SITES
APPENDIX II: ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS AND MACHIAVELLI
1. The Study and Scope of Justice Administration
2. Organization and Administration: Principles and Practices
PART II: THE POLICE
3. Police Organization and Operation
4. Police Personnel Roles and Functions
5. Police Issues and Practices
6. Terrorism and Homeland Defense
PART III: THE COURTS
7. Court Organization and Operation
8. Court Personnel Roles and Functions
9. Court Issues and Practices
PART IV: CORRECTIONS
10. Corrections Organization and Operation
11. Corrections Personnel Roles and Functions
12. Corrections Issues and Practices
PART V: ISSUES SPANNING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM: ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES AND PRACTICES
13. Ethical Considerations
14. Rights of Criminal Justice Employees
15. Special Challenges: Discipline, Labor Relations, and Liability
16. Financial Administration
17. Technologies Now and for the Future
APPENDIX I: RELATED WEB SITES
APPENDIX II: ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS AND MACHIAVELLI