Introduction to Corrections

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Units: 3 Hours: 54 lecture Provides a history and critical analysis of the various types of punishment, alternatives to punishment, and impact of punishment on the criminal justice system; explanations of criminal behavior; functions and objectives of the criminal justice system concerned with institutionalization, probation, parole, and other sentencing alternatives; critical examination of the types of correctional institutions, their clients, and contemporary correctional issues. (C-ID AJ 200) (CSU)