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Author Smith, Leslie J.

Title Coordinating the criminal justice system : a guide to improve the effective administration of justice / Leslie J. Smith.

Publication Info. Lanham : University Press of America, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (113 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS -- View the criminal justice system as one organization -- Have a complete understanding of the origins of the criminal justice system -- Become familiar with each component of the criminal justice system and use it as a frame of reference -- A coordinated approach to develop mission statements -- Quality decision making at each level of the system -- Establish organized and coordinated planning strategies -- An analysis model that measures the performance of the criminal justice system -- Monitor the organizational environment -- A planning process at the government and community level -- Criminal justice administrators should understand the causes of crime -- Evaluate organizational needs and motivations within the context of the organizational mission -- Improve the justice administration process through effective programs -- Examples of programs that positively impact the criminal justice system's total system outcomes -- Accomplishment of goals and objectives are the primary mission for the organization -- Utilize the available technology -- Design a community based justice model and incorporate into the integrated justice model.
Summary This guide was developed to assist students, professors, executives of local criminal justice systems, and appointed and elected officials of general government to have a better understanding on how the criminal justice system should function. It may also be of special interest to citizens and public officials who sense that more collaboration and coordination is needed to enhance criminal justice decision making which, in turn, will have a positive impact on local criminal justice systems. Leslie J. Smith advocates that the performance of the criminal justice system should be measured in terms.
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Subject Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Smith, Leslie J. Coordinating the criminal justice system. Lanham : University Press of America, ©2008 (DLC) 2007937974 (OCoLC)187394368
ISBN 9781461679394 (electronic book)
1461679397 (electronic book)
9780761839392 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0761839399 (paperback ; alkaline paper)