Peak, Kenneth J.
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This comprehensive volume addresses the administration of the three components of the justice system—police, courts, corrections—as well as other cont
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emporary administrative areas. 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. Chapter topics include personnel administration; financial administration; rights and liabilities of criminal justice employees; and state-of-the-art technology in criminal justice. Also covered are various issues such as sexual harassment; police ethics and values; resources allocation; workload; deployment; shifts and scheduling; and truth in sentencing. For a variety of training programs within the criminal justice system.
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