Assignment:
Reading the chapters:
1. Basic concepts for understanding criminal justice organizations
2. The structure of criminal justice organizations
Discussion Boards (200 charters each)
Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
? Textbook (Stojkovic, Kalinich, & Klofas): Chapter
? Minimum of 1 academic resource for initial post
Introduction
The textbook discusses how Taylor focused on increasing the efficiency of work through job design, ignoring many variables outside the workplace that could influence the efficiency of labor. This discussion covers closed and open systems and their analytical framework.
Initial Post Instructions
Using both a closed-system and an open-system analytical framework, describe a local jail. How might these frameworks lead to different views or the jail's effectiveness or of the cause of jail violence? Analyze how jails are affected by their environment and how they may influence that environment. Incorporate academic concepts from the chapter and an outside academic resource.
Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
? Textbook (Stojkovic, Kalinich, & Klofas): Chapter
? Minimum of 1 academic resource for initial post
Introduction
September 11, 2001 (9/11) has forever changed how Americans conduct their daily lives. This discussion focuses on how this event has changed criminal justice agencies and how different conditions have affected criminal justice agencies.
Initial Post Instructions
Rank in order of importance the conditions that define the criminal justice environment in accordance with Chapter. Justify those rankings. Next, assess how the terrorist attacks on 9/11 affected the three major components of the American criminal justice system. Provide your opinion regarding the "war on terror." Is this imagery appropriate for the three major components of the American criminal justice system, why or why not? Incorporate academic concepts from the chapter and an outside academic resource.