Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management - Couverture rigide

Peak, Ken J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0135154375 ISBN 13 : 9780135154373

Editeur : Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Kenneth J Peak

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

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

Présentation de l'éditeur :

For courses in Criminal Justice Administration.

 

This book 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0135154375
• ISBN 13: 9780135154373
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 512