University of Colorado at Denver
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CJ 5100/7100
Administration of Criminal Justice
Office Hours: Tues & Wed, 2 - 5 p.m.
Dr. Mark Pogrebin
Fall 2006
Office Phone: 303-556-5995
This course is an analysis of the policies and practices of agencies involved in the
operation of the criminal justice process from the arrest of suspects through the
prosecution, adjudication, sentencing and imprisonment release. The patterns of
decisions and practices are reviewed in the context of the entire criminal justice system.
GRADES
The final grade will be determined by a comprehensive final exam (75%) and class
participation (25%).
BOOKS
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Crank – Understanding Police Culture
Bogira – Courtroom 302
Johnson – Hard Time
Pogrebin – Qualitative Approached to Criminal Justice
THE POLICE
Crank Book
1. Understanding Police Culture – pp. 13-36
2. Themes of Police Culture – pp. 39-80
Pogrebin Book
3. Shaffir and Stebbins – Introduction to Fieldwork – Ch. 1, pp. 2-16
4. Van Maanen – Observations of the Making of Policemen – Ch. 6, pp. 66-79
5. Pogrebin & Poole – Humor in the Briefing Room – Ch. 7, pp. 80-93
6. Waegal – Case Routinization in Investigative Police Work – Ch. 8, pp. 94-106
7. Stenross & Kleinman – The Highs and Lows of Emotional Labor: Detectives’
Encounters with Criminals and Victims – Ch. 9, pp. 107-115.
8. Pogrebin & Poole – Vice Isn’t Nice: A Look at the Effects of Working Undercover –
Ch. 10, pp. 116-127
9. Weisheit, Wells, & Falcone – Community Policing in Small Town and Rural America
– Ch. 11, pp. 128-140.
10. Hunt & Manning – The Social Context of Police Lying – Ch. 12, pp. 141-154
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Crank Book
11. Themes of the Unknown – Ch. 7-16, pp. 93-216
12. Loosely Coupled Themes – Ch. 17-24, pp. 217-309
II.
THE COURTS
** Read Courtroom 302 along with the readings listed below. **
Pogrebin Book
A. Lawyers
1. Forhmann – Discrediting Victims’ Allegations of Sexual Assault – Ch., 13, pp. 158170
2. Flemming – Client Games: Defense Attorney’s Perspectives on Their Relations with
Criminal Clients – Ch. 14, pp. 171-189
3. Emmelman – The Effect of Social Class on Adjudication of Criminal Cases – Ch. 15,
pp. 190–203
B. Probation
4. Rosencrance – Maintaining the Myth of Individual Justice – Ch. 19, pp. 254-268
C. Plea Bargaining
5. Heumann – Adapting to Plea Bargaining: Prosecutors – Ch. 16, pp. 204-218
6. Emmelman – Trial by Plea Bargain: Case Settlement as a Process of Recursive
Decision Making – Ch. 17, pp. 219-236
7. McConville & Mirsky – Guilty Plea Courts: A Social Disciplinary Model of Criminal
Justice – Ch. 18, pp. 237-253
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CORRECTIONS
Johnson Book
1. The Roots of Imprisonment – Ch. 1, pp. 1-31
2. The Pains of Imprisonment – Ch. 3, pp. 59-81
3. Mature Coping: The Challenge of Adjustment in Contemporary Prisons – Ch. 4, pp.
80-125
4. Prowling in the Yard: The Public Culture of Prison – Ch. 5, pp. 126-162
5. Living in Prison: The Private Culture of the Prison – Ch. 6, pp. 163-200
Pogrebin Book
6. Schmid & Jones – Ambivalent Actions: Prison Adaptation Strategies of First-Time,
Short-Term Inmates – Ch. 21, pp. 286-300
7. Hunt, et al. – Changes in Prison Culture: Prison Gangs and the Case of the “Pepsi
Generation” – Ch. 22, pp. 301-311
8. Pogrebin & Dodge – Women’s Accounts of Their Prison Experiences: A
Retrospective View of Their Subjective Realities – Ch. 22, pp. 312-325
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Johnson Book
9. To Have and To Hold: The Prison Officer’s Public (Custodial) Agenda – Ch. 7, pp.
201-234
10. To Protect and To Serve: The Prison Officer’s Private (Correctional) Agenda – Ch. 8,
pp. 235-264
Pogrebin Book
11. Stojkovic – Accounts of Prison Work: Correctional Officer’s Portrayal of Their Work
Worlds – Ch. 20, pp. 272-285
12. Pogrebin & Poole – Women Deputies and Jail Work – Ch. 24, pp. 326-337
13. Radelet & Roberts – Parole Interviews of Sex Offenders: The Role of Impression
Management – Ch. 25, pp. 338-347
14. West-Smith, Pogrebin & Poole – Denial of Parole: An Inmate Perspective, Ch. 26,
pp. 348-360
Johnson Book
15. Better Living in the Prison Community: Prison Ecology and Prison Reform – Ch. 9,
pp. 265-290
16. Better Living in the Free Community: Prison Programs and the Cultivation of Coping
Competence – Ch. 10, pp. 291-329
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