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Problem

In this course, we have learned about several aspects of organization and administration, including: managers, supervisors, and personnel; criminal justice employee rights; analyzing problems; recruiting; and budget cycles. For your final assignment, you will be asked to put one or more of these concepts to work. Consider yourself to be an innovative criminal justice leader. You chose your career because you wanted to 'make a difference' and to 'help people.' Think of a way that you can make that difference. Choose any topic from the textbook and propose one specific program that you would want to implement to help a specific group of persons within the community you serve, such as: crime victims, indigent defendants, persons under correctional supervision, etc. State what you would want to achieve in your program if you can get the funding. In order to get your program approved by your principal, (chief judge, warden, chief, city council, etc.) at the initial stage, you need to speak to how much you expect your program to cost. To that end, design a budget including applicable line items and costs associated with your program.

Briefly describe your program and its desired outcome. One or a few well-written paragraphs should do. Use your imagination. Not everything needs to be on the enforcement end of the spectrum: you could, for example, implement some type of an in-prison program where qualified officers engage with inmates in a life-skills type setting. You do not have to describe the full content of the program. For example, you might wish to institute a program for training prison inmates in the fundamental competencies and skills needed for electrical wiring. Since CJC 215 is not an electrical wiring course, you are not expected to explain the basics of electricity in this assignment. You would, however, need to account for the line items needed in order to make your criminal justice program work. Your budget needs to be specific as to costs, which goes beyond individual item prices. For example, if you plan to implement a training program, there are many costs that go into such a thing. What materials will you need? How will you obtain them (shipping costs e.g.)? How will you store them? How will you deliver them (paper, computer, etc.)? Do you have computers? Can you spare them from what they are currently being used for? If you are using paper training materials, how much paper do you need? Who will print the materials? How long is the training program? Do you have a training space? Who will conduct the training? How much will she or he be paid? Are there travel and/or lodging expenses involved? Are civilian meals provided and/or reimbursed? Do overtime costs need to be paid to replace on-duty staff while training takes them away from their regular duties? Using your staff will require you to speak to staff salaries.