Sep 27, 2024  
2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CJS 2430 - Institutional Treatment of the Offender


Credits: 3

This course will explore issues and policies in correctional counseling, counselor roles, work settings and challenges, offender classification and assessment, counseling processes, and therapeutic techniques. Current correctional approaches will be considered in examining how the correctional system addresses and balances the security and treatment needs of each individual from admission to release. Emphasis will be on the placement, treatment, community release and successful reintegration of the offender.

Prerequisite: CJS 1020  with a C- or higher and ENG 1010  with a C- or higher
Previous CJS* 243