Criminal Justice Administration Chapter 1

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Administrator

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the person whose focus is on the overall organization, its mission, acquisition and use of resources, and agency relationship with external organizations and groups

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Manager

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a person in the intermediate level of management, responsible for carrying out the policies and directives of upper level administrators and supervising subordinate managers and employees

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Supervisor

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typically the lowest position of leadership in an organization, one who plans organizes, and directs staff members in there daily activities

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Criminal justice process

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the decisions and actions by an institution, offender, victim, or society that influence the offenders movement into, through, or out or the justice system

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criminal justice network

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a view that the justice systems components cooperate and share similar goals but operate independently and competing for funding

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criminal justice non-system

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the view that police, courts and correction agencies do not function harmoniously, are not a coordinated structure and are neither efficient not fair enough to create fear of punishment nor respect for its values

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system fragmentation

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the view that members of police, courts, and correction agencies have tremendous discretion and their own perception of offender, resulting in goal conflict

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social control

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a belief that people are essentially irrational and selfish, but have enough rationality to come together to form governments for self protection

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consensus model

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the view of the criminal justice system in which its assumed that all parts of the system work toward a common goal

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conflict model

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hold that actors within the criminal justice system are self-serving, with pressures for success, promotions, and general accountability and resulting in fragmented efforts

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due process model

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the ideal that should be presumed innocent and have their rights protected, while police must act only in accordance with the constitution

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crime control model

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a philosophy that state crime must be repressed, the accused presumed guilty, legal loopholes eliminated, offenders swiftly punished, and police and prosecutor given a high degree of discretion

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planned change

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rational approach to a criminal justice planning that involves problem analysis, setting goals and objectives, program policy design, developing on action, and monitoring and evaluation

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policy making

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developing plans that are then used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions

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force-field analysis

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a process or identifying forces in support of change, those resisting change