I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Corrections & Probation

2. Course Prefix & Number:
CRJU 1106

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 0

4. Course Description:

This course will examine the historical and contemporary correctional theories and programs with emphasis on the current organizational structure. Probation, parole, and alternatives to incarceration will also be explored.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Name of Institution	Course Number and Title	Credits
Century College	CJS 2083-70 Intro to Corrections	3

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

Name of Institution	Date of Acceptance	Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
Bemidji State University	February 2023	Criminal Justice
St. Cloud State University

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Name of Program(s)	Program Type
Criminal Justice	AAS

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills	Understand that interpersonal communication skills are needed in corrections.
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments	Describe institutional dynamics of unequal power and how it relates to people of color in correctional facilities.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Identify the purpose of corrections;
• Compare the contemporary jail system to prison;
• Understand the history of revolution in corrections;
• Students will understand the booking process of an in-custody;
• Discuss probation, community corrections, and intermediate sanctions; and
• Discuss the punishments of offenders.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1.         The Corrections System

• The purpose of corrections
• A systems framework for studying corrections
• The correctional system today
• The key issues in corrections

2.         The Early History of Correctional thought and Practice

• From the middle ages to the American Revolution
• On the eye of reform
• The age of reason and correctional reform
• What really motivated correctional reform

3.         The History of Corrections in America

• The colonial period
• The arrival of the penitentiary
• Development of prison in the south and west
• The reform movement

4.         The Punishment of Offenders

• The purpose of corrections
• Forms of the criminal sanction
• The sentencing process
• Unjust punishment

5.         The Law of Corrections

• The foundations of correctional law
• Correctional law and the U.S. Supreme Court
• Constitutional rights of Prisoners
• Alternatives to Litigation
• Law and Community Corrections
• Law and Correctional Personnel

6.         The Corrections Client

• Selection for the corrections system
• Types of offenders: mental illness and trauma
• Classifying Offenders:  Key Issues

7.         Jails:  detention and Short-term incarceration

• The contemporary jail:  entrance to the system
• Pretrial detention
• The bail problem and alternatives
• The sentenced jail inmate
• Issues in jail management
• The future jail 

8.         Probation

• The history and development of Probation
• The Organization of Probation Today
• The Dual functions of Probation:  Investigation and Supervision
• The effectiveness of supervision
• Revocation and Termination of Probation
• Probation in the Coming decade

9.         Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections

• The case for intermediate sanctions
• Continuum of sanctions
• Varieties of Intermediate sanctions
• Making intermediate sanctions
• The New correctional Professional
• Community Corrections Legislation

10.       Incarceration

• Links to the Past
• The goals of incarceration
• The design and classification of Prisons
• Who is in Prison

11.       The Prison Experience

• Prison Society
• The Prison Economy
• Violence in Prison

12.       Incarceration of Women

• Women:  Forgotten Offenders
• Historical perspective
• Issues in the incarceration of women
• Release to the community

13.       Institutional Management

• Formal Organization
• Governing Prisons
• Correctional Officers:  The linchpin of management

14.       Institutional Programs

• Managing Time
• Classification
• Rehabilitative programs
• Prison medical services
• Prison industry
• Prison maintenance programs

15.       Release from Incarceration

• Origins of Parole
• Release mechanisms
• The organization of releasing authorities
• The decision to release
• Release to the community