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Criminal Justice Administration: Strategies for the 21st Century provides a comprehensive overview of the prevailing criminal justice organizations present in law enforcement, courts, and correctional systems. Using an approach that combines theory with application, this text explores the operations, issues, and practices that administrators within criminal justice face today. The text is divided into three parts, part one will explore the historical development and relevance of traditional theories of administration. Part two applies these theories to current criminal justice management. Part three explores the future of criminal justice management in the 21st century. It contains 15 chapters to meet the needs of a typical semester course.

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Introduction
Building Blocks of Criminal Justice Administration	p. 1
Organizing the Historical Building Blocks of Administration into a Contextual Themes Model	p. 3
The Industrial Era (1880s-1950s): Development of Organizations Functions and Employee Relations Administrative Themes	p. 35
The Civil Rights Era (1960s-1970s): Development of Open Systems and Social Equity Themes	p. 69
The Transition to the 21st-Century Era (1980-): Development of the Client-Oriented Service Theme and the Eclectic Perspective	p. 104
The Application of the Contextual Theme Concepts in Law Enforcement	p. 138
Applying the Contextual Themes to Contemporary Criminal Justice Agencies	p. 171
Connecting Criminal Justice Administration: Past to Present	p. 173
Applying Organization Functions Concepts to the Administration of Contemporary Criminal Justice Agencies	p. 205
Applying Employee Relations Concepts to the Administration of Contemporary Criminal Justice Agencies	p. 242
Applying Open Systems Concepts to the Administration of Contemporary Criminal Justice Agencies	p. 278
Applying Social Equity Theme Concepts to the Administration of Contemporary Criminal Justice Agencies	p. 308
Applying Contextual Themes of Administration to Future Criminal Justice Issues	p. 333
Applying Client-Oriented Service to the Administration of Criminal Justice Agencies	p. 335
Criminal Justice Administration and Diversity in the 21st Century	p. 369
Criminal Justice Administration and Professional Ethics in the 21st Century	p. 398
Criminal Justice Administration and Leadership in the 21st Century	p. 428
Criminal Justice Administration and Cutting-Edge Issues in the 21st Century	p. 463
Appendices	p. 501
Compendium of Criminal Justice Themes and Related Key Concepts	p. 535
Index	p. 545
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Criminal Justice Administration

Criminal Justice Administration

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