CRJ 1810 - Community Corrections

Credits: 3
Lecture: 45
Lab: 0

This course discusses the history, roles, and responsibilities of supervising juvenile and adult offenders in the correctional system. Students will learn the process from pretrial probation through release-with-supervision, explore the needs of offenders, special populations and victims, and the special courts that serve these groups. It will also explain the types of violations and unethical acts of correctional officers and offenders within correctional facilities and their impact. The course emphasizes the needs, trends, and future of supervision, and the importance of a restorative justice approach to reintegrate offenders back into communities.

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None