Mentoring in the Criminal Justice Professions [electronic resource] : Conveyance of the Craft

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colaprete, Frank A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of--Vocational guidance--United States.

Law enforcement--Vocational guidance--United States.

Mentoring--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Law enforcement.

Mentoring.

Local Subjects:

Criminal justice, Administration of--Vocational guidance--United States.

Law enforcement--Vocational guidance--United States.

Mentoring--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The tradition of moving from one job to another in the criminal justice profession with the belief that on departure a new person will be brought in to assume the duties of his or her predecessor is archaic and ineffective. It is rare to replace someone and have the benefit of his or her counsel and experience in learning the nuances of the job and its responsibilities. Mentoring provides a framework, whether informal or formal, to interact, support, transfer knowledge, and guide the protégé to the desired goal. This book provides a blueprint of mentoring theory and practice, testing, evaluati

Contents:

CONTENTS; CHAPTER 6: MENTOR PROGRAM LOGISTICS, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATION.; CHAPTER 7: MENTOR AND PROTÉGÉ TRAINING; CHAPTER 8: BUILDING OUR FUTURE; CHAPTER 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO MENTORING; Chapter 2: THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF MENTORING; Chapter 3: THE MENTOR; Chapter 4: THE PROTÉGÉ; Chapter 5: MENTOR PROGRAM FRAMEWORK ANDCRITERIA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-398-07989-7

OCLC:

646788266