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2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CJS 1550 - Probation Practices and Policies


Credits: 3

Course provides a comprehensive examination of probation services, current practices, and policies for both juvenile and adult offenders. The course will consider local, state, and federal models for the delivery of probation services, as well as innovative and experimental approaches. Students will explore the functions and duties of probation officers, including pre-sentence investigations, risk assessments, strategies for supervision and counseling, community resource development, supervision of sexual offenders, addiction services, and alternatives to incarceration programs.

Prerequisite: CJS 1010  with a C- or better
Previous CJS* 155