Criminal Justice Organizations
The entire criminal justice system is made up of numerous organizations which are inherently independent. Some of the criminal justice organizations in various counties include, but they are not limited to, Juvenile Justice Department, Reentry and Integration Department, Probation Department, etc. Although independent, these criminal justice organizations cannot operate in isolation. This is more so the case given the complex and multifaceted nature of the criminal justice system.
County-wide criminal justice organization: Riverside County Probation Department
The County Probation Department, which I manage as the Chief Probation Officer, has three core missions; serving courts, protecting the community, and changing lives (Riverside County, 2018). In seeking to fulfill its mission, the department interacts with various other agencies within the system. These include, but they are not limited to, Riverside County Sheriff, the Law Offices of the County Public Defender, and the Office of the District Attorney. While these are, in essence, county criminal justice organizations, it is important to note that there are various other agencies outside the criminal justice system with which the County Probation Department ought to closely work with. These include, but they are not limited to, Child Support Services, Mental Health Services,...
References
Hollis, M.E. (2016). Community-Based Partnerships: Collaboration and Organizational Partnerships in Criminal Justice. Journal of Family Strengths, 16(2), 1-17.
Riverside County. (2018). Home. Retrieved from https://rcprob.us/index.html
Stojkovic, S., Kalinich, D. & Klofas, J. (2014). Criminal Justice Organizations: Administration and Management (6th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
The juvenile diversion system was established with funding from the Riverside County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act of 2000, approved by the California Board of Corrections. This was a multi-year evaluation research project and was divided into five distinct areas to evaluate programs approved by the Board of Corrections, these being the Community-Based Probation Diversion, Youth Accountability Teams, the Gang Prevention-Project BRIDGE, and the Family Violence Prevention Program-P.A.C.T., Youth
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