NCJ Number
70801
Date Published
1980
Length
141 pages
Annotation
First in a four part series, this volume presents an overview as well as the major conclusions and recommendations of a project to assess possible use in the criminal justice system of human resources methods developed by the private sector.
Abstract
The primary procedures of the project were critical reviews of the literature on human resources methods, reviews of studies of human resources activities in criminal justice, interviews with selected criminal justice officials, analysis of key job-related methods, and evaluation of contemporary methods in the context of current practice in criminal justice. Two large-scale studies of human resources management were undertaken. Project STAR (System and Training Analysis of Requirements for Criminal Justice Participants) was a 39 month research effort which focused on role performance of criminal justice personnel and the Criminal Justice System. The National Manpower Survey was a multiyear research effort mounted in response to a Congressional mandate for a survey of existing and future personnel needs in law enforcement and criminal justice. Highly condensed summaries of these projects are presented. Major findings of the study are that it is feasible to transport human resources methods from the private sector and that criminal justice organizations need to increase their efforts and upgrade their use of human resources planning, development, and utilization (HRPDU) methods. It was concluded that human resources activities may appropriately be standardized or planned on the methodological level and that a multimethodological, hybrid job-analysis technique is needed for application in criminal justice organizations. Chapters discuss HRPDU in the criminal justice system, analyze HRPDU to form a basis for further evaluation, classify HRPDU methods and activities, criticize job-based human resources methods, present an integrative critique of the comparative utility of job analysis methods, and recommend the implementation of job related methods in criminal justice. Approximately 65 references are provided. For other volumes, see NJC 70802-70804.