Justice Administration: Police, Courts and Corrections Management (7th Edition)

Peak, Ken

ISBN 10: 013270899X / ISBN 13: 9780132708999

Published by Pearson (edition 7), 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Justice Administration: Police, Courts and Corrections Management (7th Edition)
• Publisher: Pearson (edition 7)
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013270899X
• ISBN 13: 9780132708999
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 7.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

This seventh edition of Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management continues its examination of all facets of the criminal justice system as well as several related matters of interest to prospective and current administrators. The general goal of the book is to inform the reader of the primary people, practices, and terms that are utilized in justice administration.  The author has held several administrative and academic positions in a criminal justice career spanning more than 35 years; thus, this book’s 16 chapters contain a palpable real-world flavor not found in most textbooks. 

About the Author

KEN PEAK is a full professor and former chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno, where he was named "Teacher of the Year by the university's Honor Society, 1984-85. He served as chairman of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences from 1997 to 1999 and recently served as president of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators. He entered municipal policing in Kansas in 1970 and subsequently held positions as a nine-county criminal justice planner for southeast Kansas, director of a four-state Technical Assistance Institute for LEAA, director of university police at Pittsburgh State University, and assistant professor of criminal justice at Wichita State University. He has also served as acting director of public safety at the University of Nevada, Reno.

His earlier Prentice Hall books include Policing America: Methods, Issues, Challenges (3d ed., 2000) and Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices (2d ed., 1999, with Ronald W. Glensor). Other books include Police Supervision (with Ronald W. Glensor and Larry K. Gaines, 1999) and Kansas Bootlegger (with Patrick G. O'Brien, Sunflower University Press, Kansas State University, 1991). Two additional books, Kansas Temperance: Much Ado About Booze, 1870-1920 (Sunflower University Press) and Policing Communities: Understanding Crime and Solving Problems (an anthology, co-edited with R. Glensor and M. Correia, Roxbury Press), are in press. He also has published more than 50 journal articles and book chapters. His teaching interests include policing, administration and comparative justice systems. While residing in Kansas he received two gubernatorial appointments to statewide criminal justice committees. He has a doctorate from the University of Kansas.