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CRJU 408 - Current Issues in Corrections

3 Credits

(Fall, Summer)
Prerequisite(s): CRJU 201, CRJU 202, CRJU 203. This course explores major issues facing corrections today by analyzing the social context in which punishment occurs. Topics include but are not limited to: prison violence, gangs, institutional crowding, societal change and its impact on corrections, inmate subcultures, female offenders, juvenile offenders, rehabilitation and treatment needs of offenders, correctional privatization, and the death penalty.