Describe what constitutes a true system
- Do the three-justice components (police, courts, and corrections) constitute a true system or are they more appropriately described as a process or a true nonsystem? Defend your response.
- What are the legal and historical bases for a justice system and its administration in the United States? Why is the conflict-versus-consensus debate important?
- What are some of the substantive ways in which public-sector and private-sector administration are similar? How are they dissimilar?
- What elements of planned change must the justice administrator be familiar with in order to ensure that change is effected rationally and successfully?
- Which method, a rational process or just muddling through, appears to be used in criminal justice policymaking today? Which method is probably best, given real-world realities? Explain your response
- Do the three justice components (police, courts, and corrections) constitute a true system or are they more appropriately described as a process or a true nonsystem? Defend your response.
- What are the legal and historical bases for a justice system and its administration in the United States? Why is the conflict-versus-consensus debate important?
- What are some of the substantive ways in which public-sector and private-sector administration are similar? How are they dissimilar?
- What elements of planned change must the justice administrator be familiar with in order to ensure that change is effected rationally and successfully?
- Which method, a rational process or just muddling through, appears to be used in criminal justice policymaking today? Which method is probably best, given real-world realities? Explain your response