Leadership Skills for the Criminal Justice Professional

Criminal justice professionals need leadership skills. If they are not seen to be leaders, their jobs are made more difficult because it is harder to get criminals to obey them when they give orders or need to secure and get control of a situation (Nordin, Pauleen, & Gorman, 2009). They also need to be able to work with other officers and show skills that make them leaders. Those skills allow rookie officers to look up to officers who have been there for some time. In addition, police and other criminal justice professionals must have leadership skills because they are generally looked up to in their communities. While there have long been stories of "crooked cops," there are some people in any profession who have difficulties or who are untrustworthy. The majority of those who work in the criminal justice system are good people...
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