CRJU 1030 Syllabus

Subject Code

CRJU

Course Number

1030

Course Title

Corrections

Prerequisites

Provisional admission

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered every semester

Credit Hours

(3-0-3)

Course Description

This course provides an analysis of all phases of the American correctional system and practices, including its history, procedures, and objectives. Topics include history and evolution of correctional facilities; legal and administrative problems; institutional facilities and procedures; probation, parole, and pre-release programs; alternative sentencing; rehabilitation; community involvement; and staffing.

Course Outcomes

History and Evolution of the American Correctional System

  • Describe the history of American corrections.
  • Describe the history and development of federal, state, and local corrections.

Probation, Parole, and Prerelease Programs

  • Define the processes of probation and parole.
  • Contrast the processes of probation and parole.
  • Identify important historical developments in parole.
  • Identify important historical developments in probation.
  • Determine advantages and disadvantages of work release and prerelease programs.
  • Describe issues associated with available options to probation and parole.
  • Describe alternative sentencing.
  • Describe the concept of community-based corrections.

Institutional Facilities and Procedures

  • Contrast prison facility design options as they affect security and staffing problems.
  • Describe issues which determine security classifications.
  • Explain issues facing contemporary correctional administrators.
  • Compare and Contrast between juvenile and adult institutionalization.

Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice

  • Explain the difference between vocational and therapeutic models for the rehabilitation of offenders.
  • Describe the goals of correctional counseling.
  • Describe rehabilitation and reintegration programs.

Staffing

  • Explain the various roles of psychologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists in correctional institutions.
  • Explain the concept of contracting for correctional services with the private/public sector.

Legal and Administrative Issues

  • List the three classification areas or grades of inmates.
  • Explain how the classification process can frequently intensify conflict between treatment and custody staffs.
  • Summarize the rights of the prisoner.
  • Define the general categories of treatment services.
  • Identify at least four problems facing prison inmate and rehabilitation efforts.