Community Corrections

Catalog description

This course examines community-based (non-incarceration) methods used by the criminal justice system to respond to criminal offending and their effectiveness. Covered will be the history of community corrections, parole, probation, day reporting, house arrest, prisoner reentry, and other methods as well as the use of specific interventions such as electronic monitoring, fines and restitution, community service, and restorative justice techniques. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Prerequisite(s): CRJU 15000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Course Learning Outcomes 1. Recall the main structural characteristics of community correctional systems. 2. Describe the major current problems in community corrections. 3. Examine the components of community correctional agencies and organizations. 4. Evaluate the merit of proposed solutions to problems in community corrections. 5. Discuss the role of social inequality in community correctional functioning and sanctions. View Class Schedule