Includes statutes, jail standards, case law, constitutional rights, recommended standards by professional groups and government commissions. Recent and future trends are examined. Evaluation of practices, issues, and trends in community corrections. Emphasis is on the de-institutionalization movement, probation, parole, intermediate punishments, and other community alternatives to incarceration. Examination and evaluation of practices, issues, and trends in institutional corrections.
Emphasis is on administration, organization, and effectiveness of incarceration.
3 hours credit. An overview of criminal justice systems in other countries. May be repeated for credit as the topics vary, but credit will not be granted for more than 12 semester hours of CRCJ-prefix topics courses without permission of advisor. 3 hours credit. May be repeated for credit as the topics vary, but credit will not be granted for more than 12 semester hours of CRCJ-prefix topics courses without permission of advisor.