Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts and Prisons

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The focus of the ROUNDTABLE is to encourage a dialogue on a series as shown on the title above which I started as Editor-in-Chief. Are books based on interviews of the elites in Criminal Justice a viable and sound method to obtain a better understanding of the global challenges that criminal justice leaders face and of the successes they achieve while functioning in an increasingly interconnected and democratized world? We seek a thorough and in-depth analysis — from an insider’s perspective — of how key police, corrections, and court leaders and administrators view their roles and the difficulties associated with the changing nature of their work. The SERIES aims to record the criminal justice system through interviews with global leaders who speak about the organizational structure, leadership, functions, public projects, training, culture and societal context of their organizations in different countries. The ultimate goal is to discover if external observers’ perspectives match what practitioners perceive about their work.

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Roundtables

Chair

• Dilip Das, International Police Executive Symposium

Discussants

• Michael M. Berlin, Associate Professor

• Diana Bruns, Southeast Missouri State University