NCJ Number
81916
Date Published
Unknown
Length
101 pages
Annotation
The second volume of an eight-volume final report on the Criminal Justice Human Resources Planning Project presents and applies an interactive effects model for examining the effects of criminal justice personnel initiatives.
Abstract
The purpose of the interactive effects model is to provide criminal justice policymakers, administrators, and planners with a tool for analyzing the implications of such factors as new policy decisions, regulations, fiscal constraints, and social priorities upon the system of personnel administration. The model identifies categories of internal and external stimuli (e.g., legislation, unionization, community pressure, etc.) which trigger policy or administrative decisions that in turn influence certain human resources components. Changes in these components then impact the total criminal justice system and other components. Systemic changes in the agency influence the agency environment, both within the agency and in the community. The components of the model, considered typical of most criminal justice agencies are recruitment, selection, placement, education and training, career development, wage and salary concerns, fringe benefits and services, health and safety, labor relations, records management, and research and planning. The model is applied to issues likely to arise in each of these areas to show how actions taken may impact the other components. For other project documents, see NCJ 81727, NCJ 81914-15, and NCJ 81917-21.