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Dec 04, 2024
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CJS 2083 - Introduction to Corrections Credits: 3 Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None Course Description: This course will use the criminal justice perspective to explore analysis of corrections and correctional policy within the criminal and juvenile justice system in American society. Systematic organization of punishment and incarceration will be studied according to institutional and community-based programs with regard to recurrent and chronic issues for management and officers. This course is a requirement for the criminal justice program and the investigative sciences program for criminal justice. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): None Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: Students should have completed 15 college credits prior to taking this course. Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940 with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051 with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052 with a grade of C or higher.
Major Content
- The history and evolution of corrections
- Correctional systems/ parole and community-based
- Correctional systems/ privatization of jails and prisons
- Correctional systems/ state and federal
- Diversion and standard and intensive supervised probation programs
- Juvenile corrections
- Law and the legal process
- Rights of the sentenced offender
- Role of the professional - personnel
- Sentencing and sentencing issues
- The correctional client - classification typology
- The correctional process/ community-based
- The correctional process/ jails and prisons
- The philosophy and goals of corrections
- Women and corrections
- Future for corrections related to innovation and technology
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Discuss the philosophy of punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence, and restorative justice for sentencing policy related to the correctional system.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the different levels of security in correctional systems.
- Demonstrate familiarity with changing institutional and cross-cultural issues for corrections and society.
- Discuss correctional policies with relation to justice and order in society.
- Discuss the relationship between issues for corrections and families.
Competency 1 (1-6) None Competency 2 (7-10) None Courses and Registration
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