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Aug 31, 2024
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2023-2024 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AJS 260 - Criminal Justice Management 3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
A practical examination of the challenges of criminal justice management. Includes unique requirements for these agencies and departments, as differentiated from non-governmental organizations; management theories as applied to criminal justice agencies; effective communication, leadership styles, budgets, decision making, and model management practices. Also includes special problems such as managing difficult or unethical employees; use of force issues; sexual and gender harassment; and work force issues including recruitment, retention, diversity, and training.
Information: Consent of instructor is required before enrolling in course.
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Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe the general principles of management and address the applications and obstacles unique to criminal justice systems.
- Discuss barriers to effective communication within and across organizational boundaries.
- Define, compare and critique leadership styles and techniques unique to the criminal justice industry.
- Explain the importance of selecting qualified applicants for criminal justice positions and enumerate various selection methods.
- Appraise the challenges and professional training needs of the criminal justice workforce in the 21st century.
- Write reports, case briefs, policy papers and/or problem-solving papers; demonstrating mastery of English grammar, spelling, syntax and composition. Competency 1.1
Outline:
- Criminal Justice Management
- Police and Sheriff’s Department
- Adult and Juvenile Court
- Jails/Detention and Prisons
- The Unique Management Milieu
- Management Theories in Perspective
- Traditional Theories
- System Theories
- Human Relations Theories
- Theories X and Y
- Related Theories of Interest
- Applying Theories to Criminal Justice
- The Landscape of Criminal Justice Management
- Common Trends Defined
- Organization
- Justice
- Bureaucracy
- Management
- Ethics
- Democratic Accountability and Neutral Competence
- Differentiating Government Service from the Private Sector
- Managing Trouble
- Public Distrust
- Deviance
- Corruption for gain
- Official Deviance
- Noble Cause
- Excessive use of force
- Sexual and Gender Harassment
- Ends Over Means – A Warning Sign
- Terrorism and the Potential for Ethical Abuse
- Ethical Remedies
- Communication
- Purpose of Communication
- Communication Across Organizational Boundaries
- Barriers to Effective Communication
- Defining Socialization – anticipatory, formal and informal
- The Criminal Justice Role
- Power
- Leadership and Criminal Justice Organizations
- Leadership Defined
- Styles and Techniques
- Responsibility of a Leader
- Impediments to Leadership
- Teamwork
- Importance of team building
- Methods for sharing leadership among team members
- Personal Processes and Practices
- Job-Valid Qualifications
- Legal Disqualifiers
- Costs
- Selections Practices
- Performance Appraisals
- Retention Strategies
- Training Procedures and Deficiencies
- Academy
- Ongoing training
- Common training deficiencies
- Selection Issues – Workforce 21 Century
- Diversity
- Qualification
- Equal Opportunity
- Reverse Discrimination
- Beyond Expectations
- Budgets Defined
- Public Sector Budget
- Budget Planning and Strategies
- Decision Making and Prediction
- The Decision Making Process
- Obstacles to Decision Making
- Logical Fallacies
- Prediction
- Improving Decision Making
- Model Management Practices
Effective Term: Full Academic Year 2018/19
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