I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Community Corrections

2. Course Prefix & Number:
CRJU 1108

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 0

4. Course Description:

This course addresses the concepts and practices of community corrections. The specific content includes halfway house program activities, restitution projects and program coordination, work release activities, court diversion processes and programs, truancy tracking programs, and community outreach initiatives.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

II. Transfer and Articulation

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

III. Course Purpose

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

Other - If this course is not required in a program or is not part of the MN Transfer Curriculum, it may be used for the purpose(s) listed below:
Technical Elective

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

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

V. Topical Outline

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

1. Lecture Sessions

1.         Principles of Community Corrections, Diversion, and Sentencing

• An overview of Community corrections
• Indeterminate sentencing
• Origins of Modern Determine sentencing
• Pretrial Bail Decision
• Evaluating effectiveness
• Pretrial Release and Diversion
• Drug Courts
• Mental Health Courts
• Sentencing and the Presentence Investigation Report

2.         Probation

• How Probation Developed:  Chronicling its Past and Present
• The founders of Probation
• History of Juvenile Probation
• Early Probation Legislation in other states
• Classification and Supervision Techniques of Evidence-Best Practices
• Risk assessments
• Identifying treatment needs
• Caseload and workload standards
• Levels of supervision
• The career pathway of a community supervision officer
• Selection and appointment of Probation officers
• Officer qualifications, Training and Salary
• Firearms policies for probation and parole officers
• Revocation and interstate compact
• Probation Modification and Termination

3.         Specialized Caseloads

• Residential Community Supervision Programs
• History of halfway house, community correction centers
• Shock Incarceration
• Supervising working offenders outside of Jail
• Nonresidential Community Supervision Programs
• History of intensive supervision and specialized caseloads
• House arrest
• Electronic monitoring and global positioning systems
• Day Reporting Centers
• Economic and Restorative Justice Reparations
• Restorative Justice Principles
• Restitution
• Community Service
• Fines

4.         Prisoner Reentry

• The History of Parole:  From its Origin to Present
• The Origins of Parole
• Parole Today
• Preparing for Prisoner Re-entry:  Discretionary Parole and Mandatory Release
• Issues of Reentry
• Eligibility of Parole
• The Parole Board and releasing authority
• Models of Parole release decisions
• Parole Conditions and Revocation
• The field Parole Officer
• Conditions of Parole
• Characteristics of Parole Violators
• Parole Effectiveness

5.         Special Issues in Community Corrections

• Juvenile Justice, Probation, and Parole
• Differences from Adult Justice
• Jurisdiction of Juvenile Courts
• An overview of the juvenile justice process
• Juvenile Probation
• Juvenile parole and aftercare
• Collateral Consequences of conviction, pardon, and restoration of rights
• Effects of Conviction for sex offenders
• Pardon
• Restoration of Rights