MODELS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE - BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CHANGE

• NCJ Number: 27857
• Journal: Judicature Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Dated: (JUNE-JULY 1975) Pages: 34-40
• Author(s): J J SENNA
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: American Judicature Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THREE CRIMINAL JUSTICE MODELING CONCEPTS ARE DISCUSSED SYSTEMIC, PROCEDURAL, AND ORGANIZATIONAL - MANAGERIAL.

Abstract

THE STRENGTHS AND THE INADEQUACIES OF EACH TYPE OF MODEL ARE DISCUSSED. WHILE SYSTEMIC MODELS CAN BE APPLICABLE TO DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS, THEY OFTEN CANNOT COPE WITH DIVERGENT AGENCY GOALS. PROCEDURAL MODELS MAY BE DIVIDED INTO 'QUE PROCESS' AND 'CRIME CONTROL' MODELS, OR JOINED IN A 'BATTLE' MODEL. ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT MODELS ARE OFTEN HANDICAPPED BY THEIR INABILITY TO PERCEIVE THE BROAD, SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS.