Managing Criminal Justice Organizations

Richard Kania joined Jacksonville State University in 2005. He served as the department head of Criminal Justice for a number of years and now stays on as professor. He had been at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke since 1999, leading their Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Kania served in the Army in Berlin and in Vietnam. He also was a city police officer, and that experience led him to direct his focus to a teaching career in criminal justice. Richards P. Davis is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Jacksonville State University and Department Head for the Department of Criminal Justice. Davis has authored several published works and conducted numerous professional conference presentations. In 2014, he was elected as Second Vice President and member of the Executive Board for the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners. He is also a member of the advisory board for the United States Designing Out Crime Association, and holds advanced certification in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).

1. An Introduction to Criminal Justice Management 2. Management Positions in Criminal Justice 3. Historical Antecedents 4. Leading in Criminal Justice 5. Organizing Criminal Justice 6. Decisionmaking and Planning 7. Evaluating, Appraising and Assessing Performance 8. Staffing and Personnel Issues 9. Training and Education for Criminal Justice 10. Allocating Key Organizational Resources 11. Reporting for Criminal Justice: Information Management and Organizational Communications 12. Future Issues in Criminal Justice Management