CJC 3163 - Management of Community Corrections

College of Public Safety Administration

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2017 (525)

Requisites

Admission to Public Safety Administration (Bachelor of Applied Science) (PSA-BAS)

Course Description

This course will provide the student with an understanding of community-based corrections, including probation, parole, residential intermediate sanctions, and non-residential sanctions. Emphasis will be placed on the management role in implementing solutions to the challenges facing the corrections professional.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will outline the purpose, history, and evolution of community-based corrections agencies and programs by:
    1. discussing the history and evolution from early efforts to mitigate punishment to the best current practices.
    2. describing the purpose and function of community corrections in executing the demands of society.
    3. describing the correctional dilemma as related to societal demands for incarceration.
    4. analyzing the effects of contemporary retributive sentencing philosophies on corrections.
    5. distinguishing between restorative justice and traditional justice approaches.
    6. describing the continuum of sanctions in the sentencing process.
  2. The student will identify the management impact on the continuum of sentencing options within the criminal justice system by:
    1. identifying the various types of probation including regular probation, intensive supervision, deferred adjudication, and pretrial diversion.
    2. listing the basic factors affecting the decision to grant probation.
    3. describing the variations in sentencing policy and practice from a management perspective.
    4. distinguishing between offender-based reporting and offense-based reporting.
    5. describing the major factors used to determine the availability and quality of probation services.
    6. examining the legal issues used in management supervision of pre-sentence reports.
  3. The student will analyze the variety of methods of evaluation of residential and non-residential intermediate sanctions as alternatives to probation and prison by:
    1. discussing the characteristics of special programs available for administration review.
    2. discussing management and leadership styles within corrections.
    3. describing the value of residential intermediate sanctions as alternatives to probation and prison.
    4. describing the value of non-residential intermediate sanctions as alternatives to probation and prison.
    5. discussing the utilization of the intermediate sanctions in conjunction with each other.
    6. identifying the purpose of both residential and non-residential programs.
    7. describing the administration and management issues associated with intermediate sanctions programs.
    8. discussing rationale, effectiveness, and evaluation of intermediate sanctions programs.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

Effective 20042(0345). 3 Year Review 2008. Was 3160; changed by State Field Review C&I Approval: 09/14/2004, BOT Approval: 10/19/2004, Effective Term: Fall 2010 (430).
C&I Approval: 08/12/2016, BOT Approval: 09/20/2016, Effective Term: Spring 2017 (525)