Abstract
It is undisputable that crime within the contemporary society is of a major concern. Consequently, governments, individuals, agencies, and other private sectors engage so much energy in developing effective responses for the same.
Following this concept, criminal justice department has significantly expanded going past the traditional functions of various organizations and bodies such as courts, police, and other corrections departments. The main areas in criminal justice, which have significantly changed include crime prevention, enforcement of law, managing crisis, forensic investigations, as well as creation of awareness.
In developing all these areas many governments, individuals, and private sectors require adequate financial resources to manage the same. With financial resources, there is need for financial management as discussed below.
Financial Management of Criminal Justice
Financial resources are vital in developing various departments within the criminal justice. With increased crimes especially in the contemporary environment, there has been a call for governments, individuals, and private sectors to come up with better ways of preventing and reducing levels of crime.
Prevention and reduction of crime levels has been necessitated through development of various departments in within criminal justice (Miller, 2004). Such departments require extensive development in respect to providing the required personnel as well as resources. Acquisition of resources used in criminal justice require financial resources hence the need to manage the same so as to provide the best machines and equipments.
In any case, according to Miller (2004), with increased technology various machines and equipments have been developed, which are very effective in fighting the increasing levels of crime within the global arena (Nash & Savage, 2005).
Consequently, the newly developed machines and equipments require adequate finance resources couples within their management. In this regards, financial management within criminal justice department is very vital in as far as public sector is concerned.
Other than the machines and equipments used in fighting increasing levels of crimes, there is need for highly trained and experienced personnel in dealing with issues of crime. Such personnel are trained and given the chance to get exposure in as far as criminal justice is concerned (Nash & Savage, 2005).
Following this fact, personnel engaged in criminal justice department need adequate financial resources as well in giving them the necessary training in addition to exposure. Providing the adequate financial resources within a given nation or society in terms of fighting crime levels is challenging and hectic hence the need to come up with better management practices for the finances (Miller, 2004).
Therefore, financial management within criminal justice department is very effective and necessary. Without such management techniques, it may be difficult for a nation, society, or an organization to provide adequate financial management in providing equipments as well as trained and experienced personnel to deal with crime levels.
From the above discussion, it is undeniable that financial management is a necessary and vital component in many departments within a nation or a society. As such, there is need for the participating individual or organization to develop effective financial management practices, which will lead to provision of high quality services.
Provision of high quality services especially in respect to public sector is directly related to various other processes, which include amongst them financial management (Nash & Savage, 2005).
Financial management is indeed a sensitive area that any individual or organization given the mandate of doing the same should be able to handle the same effectively and efficiently hence giving the required quality of service to the public (Miller, 2004).
Another reason that prompts many nations, organizations, and societies to have the best techniques in financial management is the fact that public sector services are usually financed by public funds. Public funds should be handled with so much accountability and transparency. Therefore, it is true to confidently conclude that there is need for effective financial management in public sectors especially within criminal justice department.
References
Miller, G. J. (2004). What is financial management? – public financial management. Public Administration Review, 54(2), 209-209.
Nash, M., & Savage, S. P. (2005). Criminal justice managers: Setting targets or becomingtarge. The International Journal of Public Sector Management, 8(1), 4-4.