Clyde L Cronkhite

Broschiertes Buch

Law Enforcement and Justice Administration: Strategies for the 21st Century

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Beschreibung

Thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the most current events and information, Law Enforcement and Justice Administration: Strategies for the 2 st Century, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive examination of the prevailing criminal justice organizations present in law enforcement, courts, and correctional systems. Using a realistic, field-based approach that combines theory with application, this text explores the operations, issues, and practices that administrators within criminal justice face today. This Second Edition blends historic administrative themes and concepts with contemporary issues and future trends. Throughout the text, the Contextual Themes Model (Organization, Employee Relations, Open Systems, Social Equity, Client-oriented Service) of criminal justice administration is provided to aid the readers in connecting the concepts of administration to key terms, theories, and ultimately to the application of the concepts.Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, Second Edition is organized into three parts. Part I develops key concepts from the history of administrative practices and organizes them into the five Contextual Themes. Part II applies these administrative concepts to contemporary criminal justice administration using the Contextual Themes. Part III explores the application of the key concepts with discussions on the cutting-edge issues that face criminal justice administrators now and in the future.Every new printed copy is packaged with full student access to the companion website, which features a variety of enaging and interactive study tools! (eBook version does not include access to the student companion website. Standalone access can be purchased here http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/978 449 55 5 /).Key Features:¿ Now available in paperback!¿ Revised figures and tables and updated statistics throughout present the most current trends and data in criminal justice administration.¿ Contains new Current Status sections at the conclusion of chapters in Parts II and III summarizing the latest trends discussed.¿ Key terms and concepts listed at the end of each chapter familiarize readers with the language they will encounter at the administrative level. A compendium listing all terms and concepts is included at the end of the text for easy reference.¿ End of chapter review questions and activities encourage further participation and research.Resources:¿ Instructor's Manual¿ PowerPoint Lecture Outlines¿ complete Test Bank¿ Student Companion Website

Autor

Clyde Cronkhie is a professor and former Chair of the Department of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University (WIU). He was also a faculty member and Director of the Center for Administration of Justice at the University of Southern California (USC). He has served in all law enforcement ranks (officer through deputy chief with the Los Angeles Police Department and Chief of Police of the Santa Ana Police Department in California). Dr. Cronkhite was also Corporate Chief of Security for Columbia Finance in Beverly Hills. He received his doctorate and master degrees in public administration from USC. He is the author of several textbooks and has published more than forty articles on criminal'justice related subjects.'In addition to teaching and writing, he also lectures and consults regarding criminal justice issues (http: //www.clcconsultants.com).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 201mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9781449655167
• ISBN-10: 1449655165
• Artikelnr.: 34662522