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| Corrections | |||
| CORRECTIONS | |||
| CLASS CODE: | SOC 440 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | An overview and critical analysis of contemporary correctional theory and practice. Historical, traditional, innovative, and future aspects of corrections as well as critical issues such as prisoners' rights, death penalty, unions, and institutions, and correctional careers will be discussed. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Winter, Fall | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | Corrections and the Criminal Justice Process Philosophies of Punishment Early Penal System Eras Modern Penal System Eras Sentencing Corporal and Capital Punishment Intermediate Sanctions Short-Term Confinement Long-Term Confinement Institutional Management and Programs Responding to the Female Offender Responding to the Juvenile Offender Release and Postinstitutional Penalties Prioners' and Victims' Rights Nothing Works-Something Works |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | Gain a basic understanding of conditions, problems, challenges, and goals of the correction system in the United States. Interact with inmates and correction personnel. Prepare to make informed decisions as they work in or influence the correctional system. Create networks within the correction system. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Objective tests, essays, oral exams, reaction papers, course summary paper, written evaluation test. |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||