CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION - PROBLEMS, THOUGHTS, AND PROCESSES

• NCJ Number: 87
• Author(s): A W COHN
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 307 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-065
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Probation Management Institute
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ARTICLES ON ISSUES AFFECTING ADULT PROBATION SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

Abstract

THE BASIC OBJECTIVES OF THE PROBATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTES ARE (1) TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AMONG PROBATION ADMINISTRATORS AND MIDDLE MANAGERS ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE, PROBATION AND COMMUNITY TREATMENT, TO ENCOURAGE UTILIZATION OF THAT KNOWLEDGE, AND (2) TO DEVELOP A HEIGHTENED COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF POLICY SETTING PROBATION ADMINISTRATORS TO NEW CONCEPTS OF EFFECTIVELY MANAGING CHANGE AND THE CONTINUOUS TESTING OF INNOVATIVE FORMS OF TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS. TO PROVIDE CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS WITH NEW IDEAS, THOUGHTS, AND FEELINGS ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, A NUMBER OF LEADING PRACTITIONERS, ACADEMICIANS, AND THEORISTS WERE INVITED TO WRITE THINK PIECES TO BE INCLUDED IN A SPECIAL PUBLICATION. THEY WERE ASKED TO ADDRESS THEMSELVES TO ISSUES AFFECTING ADULT PROBATION SERVICES PRIMARILY, BUT, MOST OF THE AUTHORS ARE CONCERNED WITH SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AND ISSUES AFFECTING THE TOTAL CONTINUUM OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. AUTHOR ABSTRACT