CJS 2084 - Community Corrections

1. Criminal Justice System Components: Locating Probation and Parole
2. An Overview of Community Corrections: Types, Goals, Functions and Suitability of Offenders for Community Corrections Placement.
3. Early Release, Parole Programs, and Parole Revocation
4. Evaluating Programs: Balancing Service Delivery and Recidivism Considerations
5. Jails and Prisons
6. Offender Supervision: Types of Offenders and Special Supervisory Considerations. The utilization of the latest technology, (ie: GPS) in the Supervision of High Risk offenders Juvenile Probation and Parole
7. Parole and Parolees
8. Probation and Parole Professionals
9. Probation and Probationers: History, Philosophy, Goals, and Functions
10. Probation/Parole Organization and Operations: Recruitment, Training, and Officer-Client Relations
11. Programs for Probationers
12. Sentencing and the Presentence Investigation Report: Background, Preparation, and Functions
13. Theories of Offender Treatment

1. discuss the basic concepts of community corrections.
2. describe how to work effectively with individuals from a wide variety of criminal backgrounds.
3. discuss how work effectively with individuals from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.
4. describe what stressors offenders face during the re-integrate process.
5. describe a motivational approach to working with “institutionalized” offenders.
6. write offender Treatment/ Program Plans and Pre-Sentence Reports.
7. discuss substance abuse and mental health treatment programs.
8. describe how to utilize local and county funding for substance abuse assessments and treatment.
9. describe the “Reentry” services available to make the transition for offenders more effective.
10. describe the traditional role of jails and prisons
11. interpret the differences between a traditional “correctional” approach to crime and public safety and a “community corrections” approach
12. assess effectively an offender’s suitability for placement into a community corrections based program in lieu of incarceration.
13. discuss the legal and financial benefits to community-based corrections and treatment programming.
14. describe the “Restorative Justice” approach as a pre-sentencing option for the Court.
15. discuss the use of half-way houses as a Pre-Trial and Post-Sentencing option by Correctional Professionals.

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