For courses in Criminal Justice Administration and Police Administration. Unlike other texts, this comprehensive, single-author volume addresses the administration of the three components of the justice systempolice, courts, correctionsas well as other contemporary administrative areas and hot issuese.g., personnel administration, financial administration, rights and liabilities of criminal justice employees, and state-of-the-art technology in criminal justice. Focused on the primary people, concepts, terms, and reality of contemporary justice administration, it reflects 27 years of the author's hands-on, front-line experience as a police and corrections practitioner and administrator, planner, and educator.