ADVANCED ISSUES IN PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS

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Prerequisites: CRJ 101, CRJ 204; upper-division status. Critical analysis of contemporary policies, practices, and issues arising from the control and punishment of criminal offenders. Emphasis on the complexity of recent issues, such as disparity in criminal sentencing, use of the death penalty, institutional overcrowding, treatment of institutionalized people, and community supervision of nonincarcerated offenders. Focus of analysis will vary with interests of faculty and students. Offered fall only.