Someone once said “With great power comes great responsibility”, and though old and clichéd – this quote still stands true, no matter who or what or where someone is. The Criminal Justice System is a hierarchy of the highest rank within the United States, and as such, requires a lot more strict management and delegation of power than any other branch in the government. Within the Justice System, there are different branches that each have their own hierarchies of: leaders, middle men, and the ‘followers’. The leaders within a hierarchy almost always has the most pressure on them, which involves having the most duty within the organization. These duties involve working around: power, politics, behavior, an organization’s culture, ethical boundaries, and so on.
Stojkovic, Kalinich, and Klofas (2012) describe leadership as “a process that effectively accomplishes organizational goals… administrators [that] can learn skills….. Leadership is a group process… [and] leadership in public bureaucracies, such as criminal justice agencies, [are] inherently political and must be examined within the political arena” (p. 192-193). Following this definition, amongst the several key elements a good administer (leader) needs, is that of power and political behavior. The importance of power for administrators is that, without power – administrators will never be able to do anything, or get be in charge of anyone. Power provides the administrators with the legal license and duty to make sure their organization is running smoothly, that their workers are happy and working, and that they have the privileges that comes with being a leader. Without power, the administrator would be no more than a menial worker, and nothing within the organization woul...
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...anizational (when two agencies (or departments) argue about how something will be achieved) – that could lead to one side losing money, or a potential asset, or it could even end with the branch being taken out completely, making everything more difficult for everyone.
A leader has many roles within a company such as: being ethical, making decisions, working within the confines of the culture, and also be ethical. The best ways that they can do this are to use the power they have in their seat of authority, and the political behavior that comes with the job.
Works Cited
Stojkovic, S., Kalinich, D., & Klofas, J. (2012). Criminal justice organizations: Administration and management. (5 ed., Vol. 13). Belmont, California: Cengage Learning.
Williams, C., Arrigo, Bruce. (201). Ethics, Crime, and Criminal Justice. (2 ed.) Upper Saddle
River, New Jersey: Pearson.
Each position in criminal justice holds power and responsibility, and therefore, it is very important that people in those positions do not abuse it. Unethical behavior in the criminal justice system takes away trust and respect from authority, and as a consequence, the law is more easily disregarded if the people lack faith in the system. It can, also, contribute to crime and/or cause citizens to not report crimes. Society should have indubitable confidence in the men and women of the criminal justice system. Law enforcement officers violating even the smallest rule could lead to more serious infractions.
Stojkovic, S., Kalinich, D., & Klofas, J. (2012). Criminal Justice Organizations: Adminstration and Management. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
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