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Informationen zum Autor Matthew J. Giblin is an associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He earned his doctorate in Criminal Justice from Indiana University in 2004. His primary research interest involves applying organizational theories to the study of criminal justice agencies. Specifically, he and his colleagues have tested contingency, resource dependence, and institutional theory explanations of police homeland security preparedness, community policing implementation, and crime analysis unit adoption. Klappentext The book covers the field's core foundational theories and works, as well as contemporary theories and cutting-edge research. Demonstrating that organizations matter and that the study of organizations has far-reaching utility, the book applies broader organization and management principles to a wide range of key entities including police, courts, and corrections, as well as drug traffickers, sex offender treatment providers, and homeland security agencies. Each of these organizations has a criminal justice nexus and is discussed alongside the major components of the criminal justice system. From organizational theory to managing a criminal justice organization, this book is a must-read for anyone pursuing a career in criminal justice administration. Zusammenfassung This text/reader exposes students to original primary works (26 readings) in the field of organization and management while providing them with a comprehensive review of the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I. Introduction: Why Should We Study Criminal Justice Organizations? Section II. Organizational Structure: How Do We Build Organizations? Reading 1. The Impact of Centralization and Formalization on Correctional Staff Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment by Eric G. Lambert, Eugene A. Paoline, and Nancy Lynne Hogan Reading 2. Factors to Consider for Optimal Span of Control in Community Supervision Evidence-Based Practice Environments by Gaylene S. Armstrong Reading 3. The Organizational Structure of International Drug Smuggling by Jana S. Benson and Scott H. Decker Section III. Organizational Theory: How Do We Explain What Organizations Look Like? Reading 4. "McJustice": On the McDonaldization of Criminal Justice by Robert Bohm Reading 5. Maintaining the Myth of Individualized Justice: Probation Presentence Reports by John Rosecrance Section IV. Organizational Deviance and Termination: What Explains Failure in Criminal Justice Agencies? Reading 6. Bureaucracy, Managerial Disorganization, and Administrative Breakdown in Criminal Justice Agencies byClarissa Freitas Dias and Michael S. Vaughn Reading 7. Social Theory and the Street Cop: The Case of Deadly Force by Klinger, David Section V. Interagency Collaboration: Are Two or More Organizations [Combined] Better Than One? Reading 8. The Intelligence Fusion Process for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement by David L. Carter and Jeremy G. Carter Reading 9. A Specialized Domestic Violence Court in South Carolina: An Example of Procedural Justice for Victims and Defendants by Angela R. Gover, Eve M. Brank, and John M. MacDonald Section VI. Unions and Collective Bargaining: United We Stand? Reading 10. Police Employee Organizations by Colleen Kadleck Reading 11. Prison Officer Unions and the Perpetuation of the Penal Status Quo by Joshua Page Section VII. Organizational Socialization: How Does a Person Learn to "Behave" in an Organization? Reading 12. Saying One Thing, Meaning Another: The Role of Parables in Police Training by Robert E. Ford Reading 13. An Officer and a Lady: Organizational Barriers to Women Working as Correctional Officers in Men's Prisons by Nancy C. Jurik Section VIII. Motivation and Job Design: How Do We Li...
