Criminal Justice Organization

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Introduction1

Discussion1

Criminal Justice Information Service Division-CJIS1

Basic Job Requirements1

Leadership Style at CJIS2

Organization Chart3

Organizational Planning3

Criminal Justice Theory in Organization3

Strategies for Implementation of Planning4

Promotion of Relationship between Community and Criminal Justice Organization5

Conclusion5

References6

Criminal Justice Organization

Introduction

This essay is based on John, who is looking for a job to be criminal justice professional at CJIS; he has provided an overview of the job requirements for the Legal Instrument Designer at criminal justice organization. The description on the job requirements with an introduction of the CJIS will be followed by the leadership style of John at CJIS.

Discussion

Criminal Justice Information Service Division-CJIS

The CJIS - Criminal Justice Information Division has been serving as the central depository and focal point for the information services of criminal justice in the FBI. This organization is basically a customer driven organization that is responsible for the delivery of information services and state of the art identification to the international, federal, state and local criminal justice communities. The CJIS involves several programs for the IAFIS- Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System which is basically a computer based system that can efficiently store, process, retrieve and analyze several thousand fingerprints in a quick manner, NCIC- National Crime Information Center Program, Fingerprint Identification Program and Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

John is looking for the post of Legal Instrument Examiner at CJIS. The employees serving for this designation get training by FBI. An individual at this position is responsible for conducting risk and suitability assessment checks of person who purchase gun and handles explosives as identified by rules and regulations of law.

Basic Job Requirements

Following are the basic job requirements for the job of Legal Instrument Examiner:

Age: 23 years to 28 years

Education: High school degree from reputable university or college.

Experience: Six months to 1 year professional experience in the same field.

Skills: Computer science and Information technology.

Leadership Style at CJIS

Administration of criminal justice continues to attract more public criticism. The leadership of this department needs to develop appropriate and effective strategies to help improve the performance of the police and other criminal justice operators. Leadership determines the culture which in turn affects the performance of the organization. The effectiveness of leadership support has a positive impact on performance. Support, instrumental styles of leadership and collaboration are components of an effective leader, what influences culture and performance (Skogan & Steiner, 2004).

An individual at the leadership position has to be influencing and authoritative in terms of achieving the level of performance that he would have aimed for. The administration at criminal justice organization requires the support of the leaders of the organization. Leadership support increases the working relationship between leaders and followers. According to Mannion (2009) this the supportive leadership style boosts pleasant working environment for their employees. This improves the performance of employees in their quest to administer justice for all in a fair and appropriate manner. This culture has proven effective for many organizations that administer criminal justice. However, John, after having an experience of 10 years in the field of criminal justice has now been ...