Controlling & Managing Conflict in Criminal Justice Organizations

Running Head : Criminal Justice

Controlling and Managing Conflict

in Criminal Justice Organizations

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page . 1

Introduction . 3

Criminal Justice System

Definition . 3

Components . 4

Criminal Justice Organizations . 7

Conflict . 7

Types of Conflict 8

Controlling and Managing Conflict . 12

Police Conflict and Deviance . 13

Inter-organizational Conflict . 14

Racial Conflict 15

Conclusion . 16

References . 17

Introduction

Conflict is an imminent facet of daily life . Regardless of where you are or what you do it is encountered

be it a seemingly petty argument with another person or an intrapersonal struggle between personal beliefs or convictions and society 's norms /laws . Conflict serves to color the world and paint a scheme of more than just black and white

In the same way it is a double edged sword . It is a force that serves to help the world move toward a progressive route in evolution and can also hamper the development of individuals , families , organizations and entire societies . Hence the challenge for us is to identify its effects and determine whether it is detrimental or not . Moreover , should it be detrimental to a particular unit , for this instance , say the criminal justice organizations we have then the greater issue to address would be how to curb , control and manage such conflicts

Criminal Justice System

Definition

To better understand the nature of established criminal justice organizations it would be best to tackle such with regard to the very core of the system itself . That is to say , we must deal with the criminal justice system itself

Broadly defined , Criminal justice is the system of legislation practices , and organizations , used by government or the state , which are all directed to maintain social control , deter and control crime , and sanctioning those who violate laws . The Federal (USA ) Crime Control Act of 1973 defines this term as part of a longer phrase 'Law enforcement and criminal justice ' means any activity pertaining to crime prevention control , or reduction or the enforcement of criminal law , including , but not limited to , police efforts to prevent , control , or reduce crime or to apprehend criminals , activities of courts having criminal jurisdiction and related agencies (including prosecutorial and defender service , activities of corrections , probation , or parole officers , and programs relating to the prevention , control or reduction of juvenile delinquency or narcotic addiction " Shortly put , we can see that criminal justice has three simple goals , which are (1 ) doing justice (2 ) controlling crime , and (3 ) preventing crime

Hence , based on the definition and simple goals we can say that the purpose of the Criminal Justice System (CJS ) is to deliver justice for all , by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending , while protecting the innocent . It is responsible for detecting crime and bringing it to justice and carrying out the s of court , such as collecting fines , and supervising community and custodial punishment

Criminal Justice System

Components

Like any other system , criminal justice has subunits which come together to form the whole . These subunits so to speak...