Professor Warren Benton
Room 3254N
(212) 237-8089
Professor Eli Silverman
Room 422T
(212) 237-8375
Examines organizations as the instruments of law and policy implementation in criminal justice, by reviewing established theory and emerging research in the field of organizational behavior, and by examining the application of this material to criminal justice organizations and institutions. Examines how the performance of criminal justice agencies can be measured, and reviews established theory and emerging research on factors associated with success and dysfunction related to organizational behavior and structure.
Neiderst, Jennifer, Web Design in a Nutshell (Cambridge, O'Reilly, 1999)
Ott, J. Steven Classic Readings in Organizational Behavior (Pacific Grove, Brooks/Cole Publishing, 1992).
Walker, Samuel, Sense and Nonsense about Crime and Drugs: A Policy Guide (Belmont CA, Wadsworth, 1994).
Wilson and Petersilia, Eds. Crime (San Francisco, ICS Press, 1995).
This course will integrate formal study of theory and emerging research on policy development and implementation in criminal justice, with internet-based research and presentation. We will complete a general survey of high-profile public policy issues in criminal justice, both as these are presented in published literature, as well as on the internet in document repositories associated with legislative and oversight The course will meet in the Graduate Computer Classroom
Students are not required or expected to have attained proficiency in internet-based computing prior to enrolling in the course.
Students are also required to complete specified lab exercises specified on the course web page.
For each class with reading assignments, a student is assigned to prepare and post on the newsgroup a summary of the readings, and a second student is assigned to prepare a critical response. The following link contains these assignments: Reading Summary Assignments.
Each student will develop a web site relating to a policy issue in criminal justice. The web site will include links to relevant sites, articles, studies, and documents on the internet, as well as original material written by the student. During the course, techniques and skills necessary to complete this assignment will be presented.
Web sites will be presented by each student to the class during weeks 10 through 15. Assigned times for presentation will be determined randomly during the first few weeks of class.
At the end of the course, each student will have a personal web page for future use.
Selected students will prepare written summaries (not more than 1 page double sided) of readings, provide brief oral summaries, and introduce WWW sites that may relate to the topics in the readings. During the course of the semester, students will be expected to complete 2-3 such assignments. The assignments will be completed on the course newsgroup site.
The class takes place in the Graduate Computer Classroom. During several class sessions, class time will be dedicated to the development of Internet research skills, including proficiency in HTML markup language.