Specific focus is on technical reports required by law enforcement, corrections, and community corrections as well as the drafting and reporting of statutory and case law. Major civil liberties issues associated with institutional and community-based supervision of adult and juvenile offenders. Includes statutes, jail standards, case law, constitutional rights, recommended standards by professional groups and government commissions. Recent and future trends are examined. Emphasis is on the de-institutionalization movement, probation, parole, intermediate punishments, and other community alternatives to incarceration.
Emphasis is on administration, organization, and effectiveness of incarceration.
An overview of criminal justice systems in other countries. Topics in Corrections May be repeated for credit as topics vary, but credit will not be granted for more than 12 semester hours of CRCJ-prefix topics courses without permission of advisor. Topics in Crime and Criminology May be repeated for credit as topics vary, but credit will not be granted for more than 12 semester hours of CRCJ-prefix topics courses without permission of advisor. Topics in Law and Judicial Process May be repeated for credit as topics vary, but credit will not be granted for more than 12 semester hours of CRCJ-prefix topics courses without permission of advisor. Topics in Law Enforcement and Private Security May be repeated for credit as topics vary, but credit will not be granted for more than 12 semester hours of CRCJ-prefix topics courses without permission of advisor.