Some Manpower Aspects of the Criminal Justice System

Abstract

Manpower planning and the application of manpower econom ics seem likely to become important in the management of law enforcement and criminal justice activities in the future. The major portion of expenditures to operate police departments and criminal justice facilities is now spent for salaries and other costs directly associated with employment. Because the financial re sources of local and state governments are limited, greater in terest is being shown in a more rational use of manpower re sources to reduce the costs of police protection while improving its efficiency. Any imbalance in the criminal justice system is self- defeating. If a disproportionate amount of the total resources available is allotted to police activities at the expense of other parts of the system, bottlenecks are created in the courts, and cor rectional institutions are hindered in the performance of their functions.