Oct 31, 2024  
SCPS College Catalog 2020-2021 
    
SCPS College Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CJ 3400 - Community-Based Treatments

3.00 credits.
This course introduces the student to an analysis of the relationship of the community to effective implementation and sustainability of criminal and juvenile justice services. Structures will be explored for increasing the mutual understanding and cooperation between the community and the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Specific topics that will be covered include: the history, goals, functions, philosophical orientations of community corrections, probation, and parole; evidence-based practices; graduated responses; careers in community corrections; theories of offender treatment, juvenile justice; and re-entry/aftercare.