Wayne N. Welsh, Philip W. Harris, Bradley D. Edwards

Criminal Justice Policy and Planning

Planned Change

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Produktbeschreibung

Unlike other textbooks on the subject, this book presents a comprehensive and structured account of the process of administering planned change in the criminal justice system. The authors detail a simple yet sophisticated seven-stage model, which offers students and practitioners a full account of program and policy development from beginning to end. Within these stages, students focus on performing essential procedures, such as conducting a systems analysis, specifying an impact model, identifying target populations, making cost projections, collecting monitoring data, and performing evaluations. In reviewing these steps and procedures, students can develop a full appreciation for the challenges inherent in the process and understand the tools they require to meet those challenges. To provide for a greater understanding of the material, the text uses a wide array of real-life case studies and examples of programs and policies. By examining the successes and failures of various innovations, the authors demonstrate both the ability of rational planning to make successful improvements and the tendency of unplanned change to result in undesirable outcomes. The result is a powerful argument for the use of logic, deliberation, and collaboration in criminal justice innovations.

This readable volume is ideal as a primary or supplemental text in criminal justice policy-related courses, and also serves as a useful reference for practitioners in the field tasked with strategic planning for policy change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis; Routledge
• 6. Aufl. 2025.
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781032858463
• ISBN-10: 103285846X
• Artikelnr.: 73479840

Autorenporträt

Wayne N. Welsh is Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at Temple University. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Criminal Justice and Behavior, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Crime & Delinquency, and Criminology. Welsh served as Deputy Editor of The Prison Journal from 1993 to 2000. He has conducted research in two broad areas: (1) applications of organizational theory to criminal justice and examinations of organizational change; and (2) theories of violent behavior and intervention/prevention programs. Philip W. Harris is Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University, where he taught courses and conducted research on juvenile justice policy, organizational development, and program and policy analysis for 35 years. Prior to arriving at Temple in 1980, he served as a professional services administrator for a private juvenile correctional agency in Montreal, where he was responsible for assessment services and staff training. Harris is the 2001 recipient of the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Government Service Award, given annually by the American Evaluation Association, and was awarded the 2005 Marguerite Warren and Ted Palmer Award from the Sentencing and Corrections Division of the American Society of Criminology. Bradley D. Edwards is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at East Tennessee State University, where he teaches classes primarily related to policy analysis. His previous publications include the areas of policing, corrections, ethics, corporate misconduct, and rural crime. He has also served as the author or co-author on several previous Routledge books. These include Introduction to Criminal Justice, which is currently in its 10th edition, and Justice, Crime, and Ethics, which is in its 11th edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Analyzing the Problem
2. Setting Goals and Objectives
3. Designing the Program or Policy
4. Action Planning
5. Program/Policy Implementation and Monitoring
6. Evaluating Outcomes
7. Reassessment and Review
Appendix: A Seven-Stage Checklist for Program/ Policy Planning and Analysis

Rezensionen

Even before the Great Recession, agency administrators were told to "do more with less" and be more accountable, efficient, and effective. While change in itself is not bad, if unplanned, policies, programs, and projects will likely fail and foment negative consequences in the workplace and CJ system. This textbook provides an essential step-by-step, rational, and sequential approach to planning, implementing, and assessing change in criminal justice. There is no other such guidebook on the market. Welsh and Harris's straightforward explanation of the overall approach to planned change, supplemented by many real-world case studies and problems, combine to provide excellent faculty and student resources.
-Ken Peak, Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno

Failed crime-control strategies exact a high cost-jeopardizing public safety and consigning offenders to a life in crime, if not behind bars. Welsh and Harris take on the daunting challenge of the implementation of policies and programs that work, providing an invaluable guide to undertaking planned change. Their seven-stage model is carefully crafted and clearly explained. Essential reading for all, Criminal Justice Policy and Planning is ideal for classroom use and for helping students to envision how they might one day create a system that is, at once, more fair and more effective.
-Francis T. Cullen, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati