Explain The Three Key Social Issues In Corrections
All professionals in the corrections and law enforcement agencies have to be mindful and understanding to ethical problems faced in the course of their duties. There are three key social issues that contribute to the needs for criminal justice practitioners; managing change, offender population management, and probation and parole violations are among these. Law enforcement agencies are constantly taking on new cases and have to act differently in each situation, making them change tactics and construct different laws to help prevent the situation at hand, so they can help manage the constantly changing environment of the criminal justice field. Getting it Right: collaborative Problem Solving For Criminal Justice is a guide that is designed to help criminal justice policymakers and practitioners engage in a criminal justice system planning process. The guide describes a systemic planning process that policymakers can use to create and uphold their own criminal justice planning efforts. The guide includes case studies, hands on material, and material developed by
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participating jurisdictions to help others put together their own efforts to help manage change. Most convicted offenders will be thrown into a supervised area at some point whether it is directly after the sentencing or after a period of incarceration in prison or jail.
Some of the offenders exhibit terrible behavior that challenges probation and parole departments. Offender population management is another critical social issue that criminal justice practitioners face. It is essential that joint efforts venture beyond the traditional, cooperative relationships associated with case management in order to manage offenders. This requires probation and parole departments to work hand and hand with law enforcement officers, courts, victim advocacy, social services, etc. Everyone that is apart of the joint operations to help offender population management needs to share information and evaluate continually about the offender’s progress to establish whether or not other supervision is
necessary. Probation and parole violations are not the only reason we see numbers steadily increasing in admission rates to local prisons and jails. The system that deals with these violations also drives admission rates to increase. A single individual or even a single agency can’t address the success of the offender transition; it takes multiple organizations to assist this process. Institutional corrections, the releasing authority, the supervision agency, community resources, family, and others are all key factors in the efforts to make a successful reintegration into the offenders community. “It is quite difficult for independent agencies with specific organizational missions and other stakeholders to operate in a cohesive fashion to support offender transition and reintegration” (Council of State Governments, 2005 pg29). Reducing admissions to prisons and jails because of probation and parole violations require researched based risk assessment to acquire resources and help strengthen approaches to supervision and case management.
Managing change, offender population management, and probation and parole violations are all key social issues that impact the roles of the criminal justice professionals. Each of these issues impact a criminal justice professional in a similar way; strength in leadership, along with an understanding of the dynamics of change will help manage the transition of organizations through a period of rapid adjustment and innovation.
Resources:
Casady, T. (2011, March 22). Community Based Policing. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/police/cbp.htm
Murray, T. (2002, September 15). Police and the challenge of the 21st century. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from http://www.afp.gov.au2Fmedia-entrepublications2Fprevious-century.aspx
Schulte, R. (1996, October 11). WHICH CHALLENGES WILL POLICE MANAGERS HAVE TO MEET IN THE FUTURE. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from https://www.ncjrs.gov/policing/which9.htm
participating jurisdictions to help others put together their own efforts to help manage change. Most convicted offenders will be thrown into a supervised area at some point whether it is directly after the sentencing or after a period of incarceration in prison or jail.
Some of the offenders exhibit terrible behavior that challenges probation and parole departments. Offender population management is another critical social issue that criminal justice practitioners face. It is essential that joint efforts venture beyond the traditional, cooperative relationships associated with case management in order to manage offenders. This requires probation and parole departments to work hand and hand with law enforcement officers, courts, victim advocacy, social services, etc. Everyone that is apart of the joint operations to help offender population management needs to share information and evaluate continually about the offender’s progress to establish whether or not other supervision is
necessary. Probation and parole violations are not the only reason we see numbers steadily increasing in admission rates to local prisons and jails. The system that deals with these violations also drives admission rates to increase. A single individual or even a single agency can’t address the success of the offender transition; it takes multiple organizations to assist this process. Institutional corrections, the releasing authority, the supervision agency, community resources, family, and others are all key factors in the efforts to make a successful reintegration into the offenders community. “It is quite difficult for independent agencies with specific organizational missions and other stakeholders to operate in a cohesive fashion to support offender transition and reintegration” (Council of State Governments, 2005 pg29). Reducing admissions to prisons and jails because of probation and parole violations require researched based risk assessment to acquire resources and help strengthen approaches to supervision and case management.
Managing change, offender population management, and probation and parole violations are all key social issues that impact the roles of the criminal justice professionals. Each of these issues impact a criminal justice professional in a similar way; strength in leadership, along with an understanding of the dynamics of change will help manage the transition of organizations through a period of rapid adjustment and innovation.
Resources:
Casady, T. (2011, March 22). Community Based Policing. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/police/cbp.htm
Murray, T. (2002, September 15). Police and the challenge of the 21st century. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from http://www.afp.gov.au2Fmedia-entrepublications2Fprevious-century.aspx
Schulte, R. (1996, October 11). WHICH CHALLENGES WILL POLICE MANAGERS HAVE TO MEET IN THE FUTURE. Retrieved July 23, 2014, from https://www.ncjrs.gov/policing/which9.htm