CJ 105 - Introduction to Corrections

2. Distinguish between the various levels of crime, misdemeanor and felony.

3. Describe the roles of the legislature, the Judge, the prosecuting and defense attorneys, and the jury in the sentencing process.

4. Understand the Appellate Review process and its components.

5. Describe and analyze the determinant, indeterminate, and mandatory sentencing models.

6. Describe the types of Community Corrections programs available, as well as their advantages and disadvantages.

7. Present information regarding pre-trial alternatives, including pre-trial release and bonding options.

8. Explain the concept of monetary punishment and its use within the United States and other countries.

9. Explain the components of and decision-making process used in presentence investigation.

10. Describe the impact of victim rights on the court and corrections process and be able to explain the components of a model victim rights act.

11. Explain the concept of Restorative Justice and its use within the United States.

12. Explain the movement of Privatization of facilities and programs within the criminal justice system.

13. Create a written summary of the main ideas extracted from information gathered.

14. Clearly and completely state and describe a problem/issue. 

A. Historical Overview

1. Correctional Policy

B. Systems Framework of Correction

1. Goals

2. Interconnectedness

3. Environment

4. Feedback

5. Complexity

C. Key Issues in Correction

1. Managing the Correctional Organization

II. History of Correctional Thought and Practice

A. Middle Ages to the American revolution

B. The Age of Reason and Correctional Reform

C. The Colonial Period

D. The Reformatory Movement

E. The Rise of Progressiveness

F. The Medical Model

G. The Crime Control Model

H. Current Trends

III. The Punishment of Offenders

A. The Purpose of Correction

1. Retribution

2. Deterrence

3. Rehabilitation

4. Incapacitation

5. Reintegration

B. New Approaches to Punishment

1. Restorative Justice

2. Re Entry Programs a) Local Jails b) Michigan Prisoner Re Entry Programs

C. Forms of the Criminal Sanction

1. Incarceration

2. Intermediate Sanction

3. Probation/Parole

4. Death

D. The Sentencing Process

1. The Administrative Context

2. Attitudes and Values of Judges

3. The Presentence Report

IV. The Law of Correction

A. The Foundations of Correctional Law

1. Constitution

2. Statutes

3. Case Law

4. Regulation

B. Correctional Law and the U.S. Supreme Court

1. End of Hands-off Policy

2. Access to the Courts

3. The Prisoners Rights Movement

C. Constitutional Rights of Prisoners

1. The First Amendment

2. The Fourth Amendment

3. The Eighth Amendment

4. The Fourteenth Amendment

D. Alternatives to Litigation

1. Inmate Grievance Procedures

2. The Ombudsman

3. Mediation

4. Legal Assistance

E. Law and Community Correction

1. Constitutional Rights of Probationers and Parolees

2. Revocation of Probation and Parole

F. Law and Correctional Personnel

1. Civil Service Laws

2. Liability of Correctional Personnel

V. The Correctional Client

A. Types of Offenders and their Problems

B. Classifying Offenders

1. Offense Classification and Correctional Programming

2. Behavioral Probabilities

3. Sociopolitical Pressures

4. Distinctions in Classification Criteria

VI. Jails: Detention and Short-Term Incarceration

A. The Contemporary Jail

1. Origins and Evolution

2. Population Characteristics

B. Pretrial Detention

C. Bail and Alternatives

1. Release on recognizance

2. Pretrial Diversion

3. preventive Detention

D. The Sentenced Jail Inmate

E. Issues in Jail Management

1. Legal Liability

2. Jail Standards

3. Personnel Matters

4. Jail Crowding

5. Jail Facility/Pods

F. Re Entry Programs

VII. Probation

A. The History and Development

1. Benefit of Clergy

2. Judicial Reprieve

3. The Modernization of Probation

B. Probation Today

C. Dual functions of Probation

1. The Investigative Function

2. The Supervision Function

D. The Effectiveness of Supervision

1. Evidence-Based Supervision

2. Case Management

3. Specialized Supervision

F. Revocation and Termination of Probation

G. Probation in the Coming Decade

1. Influence of Technology

VIII. Intermediate Sanctions and Community Correction

A. Continuum of Sanction

1. Government administered

2. Privatization

B. Problems with Intermediate Sanction

1. Selecting Agencies

2. Selecting Offenders

3. Widening the Net

C. Varieties of Intermediate Sanction

D. Community Corrections Legislation

1. Reducing Reliance of Prison

E. The Future of Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections

VIV. Incarceration

A. Links to the Past

B. The Goal of Incarceration

C. Organization for Incarceration

1. Federal Bureau of Prison

2. State Prison Systems

3. Privatization

a) Intermediate Sanctions(Half-way Houses)

b) Programs and Services

D. The Design and Classification of Prison

E. Prison Population

1. Special Population

X. Institutional management

A. Formal Organization

1. The Organized Structure

2. The Impact of the Structure

B. Governing Prison

C. Correctional Officers:The Linchpin of Management

1. Careers in Correction

a) Prevention

b) Community Correction

c) Locked Facilities

d) Privatization

Media: 5-10%

Case Studies: 10-15%

Guest Speaker(s): 1-15%

Collaborative Learning Exercises: 15-20%

Facility Visits: 15-20%

Interviews: 5-10%

Blackboard Assignments and Interaction: 10-15%