Planned Change In Criminal Justice Process

The elements of planned changes a criminal justice administrator must be aware of involves problem analysis, setting goals and objectives, program and policy design, developing an action plan, and monitoring and evaluation (Peak, 2012). The planned change process revolves around techniques for analyzing criminal justice problems and finding rational and successful solutions to rectify the problem. Criminal justice problems pertain to any new or revised program, project, or policy that is intended to change a specific problem. Although according to Peak (2012), planned change within the structure of policies are the most challenging because of the amount of the amount of guidelines and rules that must be followed. However, interventions that …show more content…
Monitoring is a necessity because it refers to collecting information to determine if the program or policy design is being achieved according the original plan. However, evaluation is also necessary because it focuses the effect the program is having on the criminal justice system and in finding gaps that need to be revised. According to Raymond et al., (1998) evaluations are an important element in informing policymakers, criminal justice authorities, and pubic officials about the success or failures of a program. Therefore, the monitoring and evaluation stage answers the question of whether or not the policy or program is of value and doing what it is intended to do. With that in mind, the planned change model is based on problem-solving to develop solutions to problems through a rational process. Planned change is, therefore, set to analyze and plan specific goals and achievable objectives to define a problem before developing and implementing a solution. For example, it is simply not sufficient to propose that a program will save money and reduce crime without understanding and planning every stage before going forward to make sure the program is actually performing the intended