This course is a study of criminal offender classification concepts, principles, and techniques. Interview techniques, case diagnosis, and use of testing programs as classification aids are applied in the classroom. Operation of reception and diagnostic centers and the principles of the treatment process are discussed. This course examines the history, development, principles and operation of community-based corrections. The selection, supervision and prediction of success, experimental programs and current trends are studied.
Students prepare a presentence investigation report.
This course is an introduction to the special problems and needs of the adult offender. The theory and practice that create a positive counseling milieu for the offender both within and outside the prison setting are studied. The course content includes the development of skills that make problem solving with the offender successful. This course is a study of the nature and causes of delinquency and crime, criminal personality and societal processes. This course includes an introduction to the topological analysis of juvenile delinquency and an examination of the concepts of prevention, control and prediction.