Inside the Criminal Justice Organization

Inside the Criminal Justice Organization: An Anthology for Practitioners features a carefully curated selection of readings that help students better understand the inner workings of justice-based organizations. Designed to provide criminal justice professionals with the skills and knowledge they need to operate safe, efficient, effective, and responsive agencies, the book focuses on the practical know-how required to successfully manage complex facilities.

The readings are organized into six sections covering how organizations work, mobilizing organizations to action, creating an ethical organization, leading within the criminal justice organization, changing organizational culture, and strategic thinking. Each section of the anthology includes an original introduction to give the readings context, discussion questions that target comprehension and critical thinking, and an original conclusion that helps clarify themes and connections.

The second edition features new readings on police ethics, ethical leadership in action, what it means to be “tough on crime,” and racial and ethnic sentencing disparities.

An insightful anthology written and edited by a former practitioner in the field, Inside the Criminal Justice Organization is appropriate for courses in criminal justice administration, and criminal justice leadership and management.