Criminal justice professionals should be familiar with budgeting processes within their agency.

• In addition to understanding budgeting processes, is it important to know the entity that prepared a budget for a criminal justice agency you work for? Why or why not?
• To what extent should a criminal justice agency or department allow social influence or pressure to influence budgetary policies or strategies? Justify your response.
• Provide an example of a time when social, economic, or legislative pressure influenced a fiscal policy in criminal justice.