Justice Administration
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-359119-4 (ISBN)
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Kenneth J. Peak is a full professor and former Chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno, where he was named “Teacher of the Year” by the university’s Honor Society. After serving for several years as a municipal police officer in Kansas, Ken subsequently held positions as a nine-county criminal justice planner for southeast Kansas, Director of a four-state Technical Assistance Institute for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Director of University Police at Pittsburg State University (and, later, as Acting Director of Police Services, University of Nevada, Reno), and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Wichita State University. He has authored or coauthored 28 textbooks and 2 historical books on bootlegging and temperance. His other recent books include Policing America: Methods, Issues, Challenges, 8th ed.; Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices, 6th ed. (with R. W. Glensor); Police Supervision and Management, 3rd ed. (with L. K. Gaines and R. W. Glensor); and Women in Law Enforcement Careers (with V. B. Lord). He also has published more than 60 monographs, journal articles, and invited chapters on a variety of policing topics. His teaching and research interests include general and community policing, planned change, administration, victimology, and comparative justice systems. Ken has served as chairman of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS); president of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators; and Deputy Chair, Academic Review Committee for ACJS. He holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas, and received two gubernatorial appointments to statewide committees while residing in Kansas.
Brief Contents
PART 1: Justice Administration: An Introduction
1. The Study and Scope of Justice Administration
2. Organization and Administration: Principles and Practices
3. Rights of Criminal Justice Employees
PART 2: The Police
4. Police Organization and Operation
5. Police Personnel Roles and Functions
6. Police Issues and Practices
PART 3: The Courts
7. Court Organization and Operation
8. Court Personnel Roles and Functions
9. Court Issues and Practices
PART 4: Corrections
10. Corrections Organization and Operation
11. Corrections Personnel Roles and Functions
12. Corrections Issues and Practices
PART 5: Issues Spanning the Justice System: Administrative Challenges and Practices
13. Ethical Considerations
14. Special Challenges: Labor Relations, Liability, and Discipline
15. Financial Administration
16. Technologies and Tools: In an Era of Big Data and “the Cloud”
Appendix I: Case Studies (28 each) of Criminal Justice
Appendix II: Writings of Confucius, Machiavelli, and Lao-Tzu
Glossary
INDEX
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.1.2015 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 215 x 276 mm |
Gewicht | 909 g |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
ISBN-10 | 0-13-359119-0 / 0133591190 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-359119-4 / 9780133591194 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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